STEREOLOGY AND SOME STRUCTURAL CORRELATES OF RETINAL AND PHOTORECEPTOR CELL FUNCTION

The retina is the part of the eye which detects light, transduces it into nerve impulses and plays a significant role in visual perception. Sensitivity to light is multi-factorial and depends on the properties of photopigment molecules, their synthesis and incorporation into photoreceptor membranes...

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Main Author: Terry M Mayhew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Society for Stereology and Quantitative Image Analysis 2011-05-01
Series:Image Analysis and Stereology
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Online Access:http://www.ias-iss.org/ojs/IAS/article/view/844