Sentences with phrase «sensitive photoreceptor»

Most causes of untreatable blindness occur due to loss of the millions of light sensitive photoreceptor cells that line the retina, similar to the pixels in a digital camera.

The retina contains small, specialized neurons called bipolar cells that transmit information from light - sensitive photoreceptor cells to ganglion neurons, which send information to the brain for interpretation as images.

Light enters through the pupil and passes through four layers in the retina before reaching the light - sensitive photoreceptors.

Soon after, the light - sensitive photoreceptors begin to perish.

These wavelength - sensitive photoreceptors were identified soon after and are known as melanopsin - containing ganglion cells.

Bypassing damaged retinal cells The light - sensitive photoreceptors made by the rod and cone cells in the retina also belong to the GPCR class.

In the future, ultrafast laser crystallography promises to illuminate a broad range of biomolecules, from light sensitive photoreceptors to other vital proteins.

We have compared the response times of green -, blue -, and UV - sensitive photoreceptors in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris.

These wavelength - sensitive photoreceptors are known as melanopsin - containing ganglion cells.

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LCA is a rare inherited eye disease that destroys vision by killing photoreceptors — light - sensitive cells in the retina at the back of the eye.

Instead of catching light on film, digital cameras use an array of light - sensitive photodiodes that function much like the photoreceptors in an eye.

Like many animals, humans have three kinds of photoreceptors in their eyes, each sensitive to a different colour.

The photoreceptors in the retina, at the back of the eyes, are the primary light sensitive cells that allow us to see: they convert light into electrical signals.

Cryptochrome 1a is located in the blue - to UV - sensitive cone photoreceptors and only reacts to the magnetic field if it is simultaneously excited by light.

The condition is hereditary or age - related, and causes degeneration of the photoreceptors — light - sensitive cells in the retina — leading to blindness.

A healthy retina usually features light - sensitive cells — photoreceptors — called cones and rods.

«In our research, we were able to create an entirely recombinant protein - based light - sensitive hydrogels by covalently assembling the CarHC photoreceptor proteins using genetically encoded SpyTag - SpyCatcher chemistry,» said Fei Sun, author of the paper and assistant professor at HKUST's department of chemical and biomolecular engineering.

The photoreceptors that regulate circadian rhythms are particularly sensitive to light toward the bluish end of the visible spectrum.

With age, our eyes accumulate waste in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), which supports the life and function of photoreceptors (light sensitive cells in the eye); in advanced stages, RPE and photoreceptors die.