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Electro-optical Interaction in the Retina

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WE have advocated1,2 the use of combined electrical and optical stimulation of the human eye as a research tool, and have discussed3 some experimental results obtained by Brindley4 with this method. This article amplifies some of our previous2 experimental results.

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VERINGA, F., ROELOFS, J. Electro-optical Interaction in the Retina. Nature 211, 321–322 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211321a0

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