简介：AIM:Toinvestigatewhethertheresponseofacentralhexagonalelementcorrespondingtothemacularareainconventionalmultifocalelectroretinography(mfERG)testswasthesameasthatofexperimentalmfERGusingsinglecentralhexagonalelementstimulation.METHODS:Prospective,observationalstudy.Thirtyhealthysubjectswereincludedinthisstudy.mfERGrecordingswereperformedaccordingtotwoprotocols:stimuluswith37hexagonalelements(protocol1),andstimuluswithasinglecentralelementcreatedbydeactivatingtheother36hexagonalelements(protocol2).Wecompareddifferencesbetweenring1parametersineachprotocol.RESULTS:Inprotocol1,thefirstpositivecomponent(P1)implicittimeandP1amplitudewere37.8±1.8msand6.3±2.7μV.Aftersingleelementstimulation(protocol2),doublepositivewavesappeared.TheimplicittimeandamplitudeofP1were40.7±2.4ms(P<0.001)and9.1±3.3μV(P=0.001),respectively.Theimplicittimeandamplitudeofthesecondpositivecomponent(P2)were68.0±4.5ms(P<0.001,comparedwithP1inprotocol1)and12.3±4.7μV(P<0.001,comparedwithP1inprotocol1),respectively.TheamplitudeofP2inprotocol2wasabouttwotimeshigherthanthatofP1inprotocol1.CONCLUSION:mfERGresponsesofacentralhexagonalelementinasingleelementstimulationprotocolaredifferentfromthoseofmultipleelementstimulation.Thepositivewaveismoreenhancedcomparedtothatoftheconventionalprotocolanditelongatedintotwowavelets.