Share on Pinterest New research involving cones and rods in the retina could lead to new treatments for vision loss. Gregory Adams/Getty Images Cone photoreceptors in retinal degeneration have been ...

New research in mice suggests that 'dormant' cone photoreceptors in the degenerating retina are not dormant at all, but continue to function, producing responses to light and driving retinal activity ...

The retina reconfigures itself during retinitis pigmentosa, preserving daytime vision by redirecting signals between cells.

We measured monocular visual function—high-contrast visual acuity (HC-VA), central visual fields (mean sensitivity, MS), colour vision (desaturated Panel D-15), Pelli–Robson (P–R), and cone- and ...

Therefore, based on their findings, they recommend a comprehensive eye exam for patients living with MG who experience vision ...

After taking a neuroscience or biology course, most students have heard about rods and cones. But what about the recently discovered third class of photoreceptor cells in the retina - intrinsically ...

In addition to allowing us to see, the mammalian eye also detects light for a number of “non-visual” phenomena. A prime example of this is the timing of the sleep/wake cycle, which is synchronized by ...

Scientists have long believed that the eye uses the retina’s rod cells for vision at night and cone cells to see during the day. New research at The Ohio State University Medical Center, however, ...

Japanese scientists are shedding new light on the importance of light-sensing cells in the retina that process visual information. The researchers isolated the functions of melanopsin cells and ...

KUMAMOTO, Japan, Dec. 24 (UPI) --Rods and cones, the two main photoreceptor cells, are vital to human sight -- converting visible electromagnetic radiation into information our brains can use. And it ...