[The D.C. response in the human electroretinogram under different degrees of wakefulness (author's transl)]

Abstract

A report is given on the D.C. component of the human ERG following stimulation with red light of varying intensities and under different conditions of vigilance. The degree of the subject's wakefulness can be followed by looking at certain frequency components of the power spectrum of the occipital EEG. 1. The ERG remains uninfluenced by the degree of the subject's vigilance. 2. Red light is especially suited for eliciting separately photopic an scotopic responses in the on-effect of the ERG, possibly in the off-effect also. The D.C. potential is regarded as a component of the scotopic b-wave. The photopic x-wave can be recorded with very low stimulus intensities and stays clearly separated from the D.C. component.