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The purpose of this study was to describe the mesopic negative response (MeNR), a novel marker of RGC function within the rod pathway.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Ten visually-normal controls (mean age\u2009\u00b1\u2009SD 54.6\u2009\u00b1\u20095.6\u00a0years) and 12 patients with severe primary open-angle glaucoma (mean age\u2009\u00b1\u2009SD 58.4\u2009\u00b1\u20094.9\u00a0years) participated. Light-adapted, full-field ERGs were elicited by a rod-isolating pulse generated on the principle of silent substitution (0.46 scot. cd\/m\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      ; 55% contrast; 40\u00a0ms) presented against a steady background (0.30 scot. cd\/m\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      ). In addition, (1) the PhNR was recorded; (2) subjects were dark-adapted for 20\u00a0min and the ISCEV DA 0.01 was recorded.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The normal rod-isolated pulse response was characterized by a positive potential at 85\u00a0ms followed by a slow negative potential (MeNR) at 175\u00a0ms following the pulse. The mean (\u00b1\u2009SEM) amplitude of the positive potential was similar for the control (13.4\u2009\u00b1\u20091.2\u00a0\u00b5V) and glaucoma (11.6\u2009\u00b1\u20091.35\u00a0\u00b5V) groups (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.33), and was correlated with the DA 0.01 amplitude (r\u2009=\u20090.71,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). The amplitude of the MeNR was significantly (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001) attenuated for the glaucoma group (4.5\u2009\u00b1\u20090.7\u00a0\u00b5V) compared to the controls (9.7\u2009\u00b1\u20091.25\u00a0\u00b5V), and was correlated with the PhNR amplitude (r\u2009=\u20090.86,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Rod-isolated ERGs can be obtained without dark-adaptation using silent-substitution. The positive potential\u00a0and MeNR of the rod-isolated response appear to be generated by rod bipolar cells and RGCs, respectively. In severe glaucoma, the positive (bipolar cell) potential was not significantly affected, whereas the MeNR was significantly reduced. 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