SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY OF CONES OF THE MONKEY MACACA-FASCICULARIS
SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY OF CONES OF THE MONKEY MACACA-FASCICULARIS
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1987.sp016691
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发表时间:
1987-09-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
SCHNAPF, JL
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作者:
BAYLOR, DA;NUNN, BJ;SCHNAPF, JL
1. Spectral sensitivities of cones in the retina of cynomolgus monkeys were determined by recording photocurrents from single outer segments with a suction electrode. 2. The amplitude and shape of the response to a flash depended upon the number of photons absorbed but not the wave-length, so that the ''Principle of Univariance'' was obeyed. 3. Spectra were obtained from five ''blue'', twenty ''green'', and sixteen ''red'' cones. The wave-lengths of maximum sensitivity were approximately 430, 531 and 561 nm, respectively. 4. The spectra of the three types of cones had similar shapes when plotted on a log wave number scale, and were fitted by an empirical expression. 5. There was no evidence for the existence of subclasses of cones with different spectral sensitivities. Within a class, the positions of the individual spectra on the wave-length axis showed a standard deviation of less than 1.5 nm. 6. Psychophysical results on human colour matching (Stiles and Burch, 1955; Stiles and Burch, 1959) were well predicted from the spectral sensitivities of the monkey cones. After correction for pre-retinal absorption and pigment self-screening, the spectra of the red and green cones matched the respective .pi.5 and .pi.4 mechanisms of Stiles (1953, 1959).