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    A photoreceptor cell is a specialized type of neuroepithelial cell found in the retina that is capable of visual phototransduction. The great biological...
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    Rod cells are photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that can function in lower light better than the other type of visual photoreceptor, cone cells...
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    Cone cells or cones are photoreceptor cells in the retinas of vertebrates' eyes. They respond differently to light of different wavelengths, and the combination...
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    As a part of the retina, bipolar cells exist between photoreceptors (rod cells and cone cells) and ganglion cells. They act, directly or indirectly, to...
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  • protein. Therefore, they constitute a third class of photoreceptors, in addition to rod and cone cells. Compared to the rods and cones, the ipRGCs respond...
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  • transduction process of the visual system by which light is detected by photoreceptor cells (rods and cones) in the vertebrate retina. A photon is absorbed by...
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  • Photoreceptor can refer to: In anatomy/cell biology: Photoreceptor cell, a photosensitive cell in the retina of vertebrate eyes Simple eye in invertebrates...
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    smaller amounts of TUNEL-positive cells. The synaptic contacts amongst photoreceptor cells, bipolar cells, and horizontal cells were preserved in the ursodoxicoltaurine...
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    of photoreceptor degeneration. Photoreceptor cell death is the eventual outcome of retinal degeneration. Without proper function of the photoreceptor cells...
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    outer layer of pigmented epithelial cells. The primary light-sensing cells in the retina are the photoreceptor cells, which are of two types: rods and cones...
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