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Melanin, a Possible Pigment for the Photostable Electrical Responses of the Eye

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Some kinds of biological tissues generate fast electrical responses to intense light and both stable and unstable responses have been detected. The unstable response is known to be associated with visual pigments. The possibility that melanin may be responsible for the photostable response is supported by a study of electrical photoresponses from various tissues.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

    THOMAS G. EBREY

  2. The Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    RICHARD A. CONE

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EBREY, T., CONE, R. Melanin, a Possible Pigment for the Photostable Electrical Responses of the Eye. Nature 213, 360–362 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213360a0

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