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. 1965 Dec;181(3):612–628. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1965.sp007786

Dark adaptation and increment threshold in a rod monochromat.

C B Blakemore, W A Rushton
PMCID: PMC1357670  PMID: 5880380

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