Find out what you need to know about the retina, including where it's located, what it does, and potential health problems.

Guppies, hyenas and mice share one particular retinal specialization in their eye: Photoreceptors ("cones") sensitive to 'green' light are largely located in the top half of the eye, whereas cones ...

There is a significant increase in the immune system's 'alternative complement pathway' following retinal detachment, researchers report, adding that this pathway facilitated early photoreceptor ...

Keeping your vision safe from retinal disease is important. This article will explore symptoms, types of retinal disease, risk factors, prevention, and when to get an eye examination.

Loss of retinal photoreceptor cells is a critical event in loss of vision. A new, albeit tentative, strategy to rectify the loss of photoreceptor cells involves reprogramming fibroblasts into chemi ...

How to assess if photoreceptors are functioning properly - Breakthrough technique for diagnosing eye diseases Peer-Reviewed Publication Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of ...

This allowed them to reveal subcellular features of photoreceptors that were not clearly visible with previous techniques. The new imaging technique can acquire images of the smallest cone ...

Rods and cones are the photoreceptors in the eye and are largely responsible for the visual acuity. Any damage to these receptors can cause eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, retinitis ...

Many eye diseases have a complex structure-function relationship, and photoreceptor abnormalities often manifest themselves on various levels, including their appearance and operation.

Since photoreceptors are non-dividing cells, their loss results in irreversible visual impairment even after successful retinal reattachment surgery.

Like a field of sunflowers nodding toward the sun, photoreceptors - the light-sensitive cells in the retina of the eye - can apparently swiftly reorient themselves towards the brightest points of ...

These findings indicate that ectopic expression of cyclin D1 in developing photoreceptors increases apoptosis in both photoreceptor and non-photoreceptor cells in the developing retina.