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1. Responses of salamander cones to steps of light on their surrounding area were intracellularly recorded through micropipettes filled with 2 M-potassium acetate or 2 M-potassium chloride. 2. Using 2 M-potassium acetate, cone step responses showed a larger relaxation for a 1100 micrometers diameter spot than for a 100 micrometers spot, but dim annular illumination failed to evoke any detectable response. With 2 M-potassium chloride the larger spot or an anulus evoked responses that were mainly or purely depolarizing, respectively, while the responses to the smaller spot were still hyperpolarizing. 3. The depolarizing response to annular illumination had an increased amplitude immediately after discontinuing the injection of inward current through a micropipette filled with 2 M-potassium chloride. 4. Depolarization by extrinsic current reversed the polarity of the depolarizing response to annular illumination. 5. It is suggested that the enhancement of the depolarizing influence of the surround is due to an increase in the intracellular concentration of chloride ions, which issue from the electrodes by passive diffusion or electrophoresis. Taking into consideration the effect of depolarizing current, it would follow that surround illumination induces an increase in the chloride conductance of the cone membrane. 6. Preliminary observations on the properties of the enhanced surround response reveal a slow time course and a receptive field of more than 270 micrometers radius.
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