Photoreceptor (rod / cone)

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Sensory Physiology subtree

Retinal sensory neurons. Rods (~120M): high sensitivity, scotopic, rhodopsin only, no colour. Cones (~6M): lower sensitivity, photopic, three opsin types (S/M/L) enabling trichromatic colour vision.

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