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The two main photoreceptor cells in the retina, cones and rods, transfer the light into electric signals.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The doses of laser lights individually controlled up to 1,000 photoreceptors in the human eye at once, according to the research.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
Novel color via stimulation of individual photoreceptors at population scale
NIH.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
Our retinas contain three types of cone cells, photoreceptors that detect the wavelengths of light.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 18 Apr. 2025
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The doses of laser lights individually controlled up to 1,000 photoreceptors in the human eye at once, according to the research.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
Novel color via stimulation of individual photoreceptors at population scale
NIH.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
Our retinas contain three types of cone cells, photoreceptors that detect the wavelengths of light.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Photoreceptor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photoreceptor. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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photoreceptor
noun
pho·to·re·cep·tor
-ˈsep-tər 
: a receptor for light stimuli
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