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rod cell

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Noun1.rod cell - a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
retinal rod, rod
retina - the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve
visual cell - one of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light
retinal purple, rhodopsin, visual purple - a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light
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Rod cell bodies make up the remainder of the outer nuclear layer below the cone cell bodies.
Layered-resolved autofluorescence imaging of photoreceptors using ... by Zhao, Ling-Ling; Qu, Jun-Le; Chen, Dan-Ni; Niu, Han-Ben / Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering (JBiSE)
For more than 100 years, it's been known that rod cells and cone cells are responsible for sensing light, and therefore, vision," said Yau.
Scientists find cell in fish that can sense light and contribute to ... by Asian News International
Scientists at the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich in Germany and colleagues discovered the unusual DNA arrangement while investigating genes in the rod cells of mouse eyes, says Boris Joffe, one of the authors of the new study, which appears in the April 17 Cell.
Oddities in rod cells may help with night sight: nocturnal mammals ... by Saey, Tina Hesman / Science News
 
 
 
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