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Despite extensive study across ocular and systemic diseases, its precise clinical role and incremental value remain incompletely established. Methods: This narrative review synthesizes key human studies of the photopic negative response, with emphasis on physiological basis, recording methodology, and clinical contexts in which PhNR may provide added functional insight. Results: In glaucoma, PhNR provides an objective measure of retinal ganglion cell dysfunction that correlates moderately with optical coherence tomography (OCT)-derived structural loss and visual field indices, but with substantial inter-individual variability. Its greatest clinical utility lies in early disease detection, cross-sectional functional assessment, and documenting short-term functional changes following intraocular pressure reduction, rather than longitudinal progression monitoring. Beyond glaucoma, PhNR reveals inner retinal dysfunction in systemic and genetic conditions, particularly idiopathic intracranial hypertension and diabetes, where retinal ganglion cells may reflect broader neurological or metabolic stress. Conclusions: PhNR is best viewed not as a standalone diagnostic or progression tool, but as a complementary functional biomarker that adds objective insight when structural imaging or psychophysical testing is limited or discordant. Its role aligns closely with the retina\u2019s emerging function as a mirror of systemic and genetic disease, provided recordings are standardized and results interpreted cautiously.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15093527","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,5]],"date-time":"2026-05-05T13:23:37Z","timestamp":1777987417000},"page":"3527","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Applications of Photopic Negative Response: A Narrative Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3115-8930","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Minzhong","family":"Yu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University Hospitals Eye Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA"},{"name":"Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA"},{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nara","family":"Shakaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH 44272, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-7388-0688","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anas","family":"Bakdalieh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH 44272, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"2205","article-title":"Photopic negative response of the human ERG: Losses associated with glaucomatous damage","volume":"41","author":"Colotto","year":"2000","journal-title":"Investig. 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