Furthermore, they no longer occupy space in the photoreceptor layer, so that more of the light can be captured. These factors might help to explain the inverted nature of the vertebrate retina.

The light-detecting part of the retina is formed of rod and cone photoreceptor cells that are responsible for everything we see. The lower third of this image depicts the layer of blood vessels ...

The retina is a thin layer of light-sensitive tissue that ... The retina processes light through light-sensitive cells called photoreceptor cells. These cells detect light stimuli, which are ...

This accumulation eventually leads to the breakdown of the retinal layer called the retina pigment ... leading to the death of photoreceptor cells and, eventually, geographic atrophy, which ...

Extensive RPE characterization comprises analysis of phagocytosis of photoreceptor outer segments ... vessels of the choroid and the retina. This cell layer is crucial to vision, decreasing ...

Based on in situ hybridization and hypothyroid studies, thyroid hormone appears to target photoreceptor development. The hormone may be acting in at least two ways. It could instruct neuronal ...

Both RP and AMD lead to destruction of the light-receiving (photoreceptor) cells of the retina. The fetal retinal cells were implanted along with their attached retinal pigment epithelium ...