Molecules × 1014 | | | | |
Whole retina | | | | |
Dark adapted (R0) | 2.35 ± 0.17 (n = 6) | 0.98 ± 0.16** (n = 6) | 3.55 ± 0.10 (n = 8) | 1.67 ± 0.09** (n = 8) |
Unbleached steady state (Rss) | 1.08 ± 0.32 (n = 6) | 0.82 ± 0.20 (n = 4) | 1.51 ± 0.66 (n = 12) | 0.92 ± 0.22* (n = 6) |
Bleached steady state (Bss = R0 − Rss) | 1.27 | 0.16 | 2.04 | 0.75 |
Regeneration rate constant (kr)/min | 0.012 ± 0.001 (n = 12) | 0.048 ± 0.020* (n = 11) | 0.008 ± 0.001 (n = 19) | 0.011 ± 0.004 (n = 21) |
Photons/s/retina ((kr/60) × Bss) × 1010 | 2.54 | 1.28 | 2.72 | 1.38 |
Molecules × 106/μm ROS | | | | |
Whole retina/(ROS × ONL) | | | | |
Dark adapted (R0) | 1.25 | 1.00 | 1.69 | 1.18 |
Bleached steady state (Bss) | 0.67 | 0.15 | 0.97 | 0.53 |
Photons/s/μm ROS ((kr/60) × Bss) × 102 | 1.35 | 1.20 | 1.29 | 0.98 |