But the dissected chick eye had no rods or cones, and its response to light was different than a normal visual response. In a series of experiments led by first author Daniel C. Tu, ...

Scientists have discovered a fossilized fish so well preserved that the rods and cones in its 300-million-year-old eyeballs are still visible under a scanning electron microscope.

Scientists at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have discovered that certain ...

The researchers show that complement fragment C3a is sufficient to induce complete regeneration of the embryonic chick retina from stem/progenitor cells present in the eye. Their results establish a ...

Historic first images of rod photoreceptors in the living human eye Date: June 9, 2011 Source: Optical Society of America Summary: Scientists have reported that the tiny light-sensing cells known ...

Adaptive optics technology likely to spur sight-saving interventions, usher in new era of eye disease research, diagnosis and treatment WASHINGTON, June 8—Scientists today reported that the tiny ...

Although cone cells are more important for everyday vision, rod cells make up the vast majority (approximately 95%) of the photoreceptors of the human eye. Rods are much more sensitive than cones ...