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THE electroretinogram and optic tract potentials evoked by photic stimulation exhibit complex changes following the production of a chorioretinal lesion by a pulsed laser beam. Retinal function is not only permanently modified by the lesion, but its production is accompanied by temporary and possibly widespread changes in retino-optic nerve excitability.
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NICHOLSON, A., ALLWOOD, M. Laser Lesions : Changes in Retinal Excitability. Nature 210, 637–638 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210637b0
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