Electrical Activity of the Invertebrate Eye in Response to Illumination

Authors

Frederick Crescitelli, State University of Iowa
Theodore L. Jahn, State University of IowaFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Definite electrical changes can be detected in the eyes of many animals in response to illumination of the eyes. In the vertebrate eye these changes take the form of characteristic electrical variations known successively as the a-, b-, c-, and d-waves. Similar waves can be elicited from the compound eyes of a number of invertebrates. The simplest method of studying these electrical changes in invertebrates is to lead off by silver-silver chloride electrodes from fluid-filled chambers built around each eye. One eye is illuminated while the second eye is kept in darkness. The electrical potentials are amplified by means of a vacuum tube amplifier and are then recorded by means of a cathode ray oscillograph and moving film camera.

Publication Date

1939

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

46

Issue

1

First Page

451

Last Page

452

Copyright

©1939 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Crescitelli, Frederick and Jahn, Theodore L. (1939) "Electrical Activity of the Invertebrate Eye in Response to Illumination," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 46(1), 451-452.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol46/iss1/135