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The implication of dopamine in the modulation of the standing potential of the eye was tested in the chicken through an indirect electrooculographic method and direct current electroretinogram (ERG) recording after haloperidol, a mixed D1-D2 antagonist. The standing potential of the eye was reduced within 15 min after intravitreal injection of the antagonist (150 μg). This effect is rapidly reversed by an application of dopamine. The fast oscillation was preserved but the light peak was either strongly reduced or abolished. The dark trough showed an apparently normal time course. The intensity-voltage function was studied for the various ERG components. After haloperidol the b-wave and the c-wave were strongly reduced, whereas the a-wave was little affected. Together with previous data obtained with intraocular injections of dopamine, our data suggest the involvement of dopamine in the modulation of the standing potential. They also support the hypothesis that the light peak, which is generated by a photoreceptor-pigment epithelium interaction, is influenced by dopamine or by a related substance. The modulatory effect could also be due to a balance between several neurotransmitter systems.
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Wioland, N., Rudolf, G. & Bonaventure, N. Electrooculographic and electroretinographic study in the chicken after dopamine and haloperidol. Doc Ophthalmol 75, 175–180 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00146553
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