Macular pigment and the colour-specificity of visual evoked potentials

J. D. Moreland; A. G. Robson; N. Soto-Leon; J. J. Kulikowski

doi:10.1016/S0042-6989(98)00013-3

Macular pigment and the colour-specificity of visual evoked potentials

J. D. Moreland, A. G. Robson, N. Soto-Leon, J. J. Kulikowski

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Abstract

A modified Moreland anomaloscope was used to examine two subjects, one with dense macular pigment, the other with relatively light pigmentation. Chromatic visual evoked potentials (VEPs) were elicited from these two subjects using coarse, isoluminant gratings of different sizes. Colour-specificity was verified by comparing chromatic onset VEPs (reflecting sustained activity) with chromatic reversal VEPs (reflecting mainly transient activity) and also by Fourier analysis (colour-specific responses are dominated by the fundamental, transient activity by the second harmonic). Achromatic (transient-type) intrusions, produced by large blue-green gratings could be related to the extent of subject-specific macular pigmentation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3241-3245
Number of pages	4
Journal	Vision Research
Volume	38
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0042-6989(98)00013-3
Publication status	Published - Nov 1998

Keywords

Color VEPs
Macular pigmentation
S-cone stimulation
Tritanopic confusion line

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Macular pigment and the colour-specificity of visual evoked potentials

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