In the vertebrate retina, rods and cones both detect light, but they differ in functional aspects
such as light sensitivity and temporal resolution, and in some cell biological aspects. For …

Vertebrate retinal photoreceptors consist of two types of cells, the rods and cones. Rods are
highly light-sensitive but their flash response time course is slow, so that they can detect a …

In the vertebrate retina, rods mediate twilight vision and cones mediate daylight vision. Their
photoresponse characteristics are different. The light‐sensitivity of a cone is 102–103 times …

Our visual sensation is mediated by two types of photoreceptors, rods and cones. Both
respond to light electrically. Rods are highly light‐sensitive but cones are not. Because of …

One hundred and fifty years ago Max Schultze first proposed the duplex theory of vision, that
vertebrate eyes have two types of photoreceptor cells with differing sensitivity: rods for dim …

Vertebrate cone photoreceptors are known to show lower light sensitivity and briefer
photoresponses than rod photoreceptors. To understand the molecular mechanisms …

Key points Most vertebrate eyes have rods for dim‐light vision and cones for brighter light
and higher temporal sensitivity. Rods evolved from cone‐like precursors through expression …

Key points• The mouse retina has become a key model for research on the function and
dysfunction of the early stages of vision, but its photoreceptors have proven difficult to …

Cone photoreceptors provide the foundation of most of human visual experience, but
because they are smaller and less numerous than rods in most mammalian retinas, much …

The detection of light in the vertebrate retina utilizes a duplex system of closely related rod
and cone photoreceptors: cones respond extremely rapidly, and operate at 'photopic'levels …