vision/eye
• rod bipolar cell response is absent in mutants in response to chemically-stimulated light responses
• about 50% of cone ON-bipolar cells show no response to chemical stimulation by alpha-cyclopropyl-4-phosphonophenylglycine (CPPG) and the remaining cells activate a small transient current
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• spatial frequency and contrast sensitivity thresholds of the optokinetic response (OKR) are reduced 10% and 3-fold respectively compared to wild-type mice
• b-wave and oscillatory potentials are absent from both rod- and cone-mediated (scotopic and photopic) electroretinograms of mutants, whereas a-waves are identical to controls
• rod bipolar cell response is absent in mutants
• a capsaicin-sensitive current is present in some ON-bipolar cells in the mutant retina, but the magnitude is somewhat reduced compared to wild-type
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• vision is impaired as indicated by results of optokinetic response (OKR) tests, although not profoundly so
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