Diverse types of ganglion cell photoreceptors in the mammalian retina

July 2012
Publication year: 2012
Source:Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, Volume 31, Issue 4

Photoreceptors carry out the first step in vision by capturing light and transducing it into electrical signals. Rod and cone photoreceptors efficiently translate photon capture into electrical signals by light activation of opsin-type photopigments. (Read more...)

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