electroretinography

n. a recording (via an instrument called an electroretinograph) of the electrical activity of the retina during visual stimulation using electrodes placed on the anesthetized surface of the eye. Different segments of the recorded waveform (called an electroretinogram [ERG]) correspond to activity in the different cells and layers of the retina.

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see corollary discharge.