Recording and Analysis of the Human Clinical Electroretinogram

Mathieu Gauvin; Allison L Dorfman; Pierre Lachapelle

doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-7522-8_23

Recording and Analysis of the Human Clinical Electroretinogram

Methods Mol Biol. 2018:1715:313-325. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7522-8_23.

Authors

Mathieu Gauvin¹, Allison L Dorfman¹, Pierre Lachapelle²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology & Neurology-Neurosurgery, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre/Montreal Children's Hospital, 1001 Boul. Décarie, Glen Site, Block E, Montreal, QC, Canada, H4A 3J1.
² Department of Ophthalmology & Neurology-Neurosurgery, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre/Montreal Children's Hospital, 1001 Boul. Décarie, Glen Site, Block E, Montreal, QC, Canada, H4A 3J1. pierre.lachapelle@mcgill.ca.

PMID: 29188524
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7522-8_23

Abstract

The electroretinogram (ERG) represents the biopotential that is produced by the retina in response to a light stimulus. To date, it remains the best diagnostic tool to objectively evaluate the functional integrity of the normal or diseased retina. In the following pages we briefly review the necessary requirements in order to record and analyze the conventional clinical ERG.

Keywords: ERG analysis; ERG methods; ERG stimulus; Electroretinogram; Human.

MeSH terms

Electroretinography / instrumentation
Electroretinography / methods*
Humans
Photic Stimulation / methods*
Retina / physiology*
Retina / radiation effects