Adaptation of the central retina for high acuity vision: Cones, the fovea and the avascular zone

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2013

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Provis, Jan
Dubis, Adam M
Maddess, Ted
Carroll, Joseph

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Pergamon Press

Abstract

Presence of a fovea centralis is directly linked to molecular specification of an avascular area in central retina, before the fovea (or 'pit') begins to form. Modelling suggests that mechanical forces, generated within the eye, initiate formation of a pi

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Keywords: ephrin; adaptation; cell shape; human; in vivo study; Mueller cell; nerve cell; nerve fiber; optical coherence tomography; photoreceptor; photoreceptor cell; priority journal; protein function; retina bipolar ganglion cell; retina blood vessel; retina con Antiangiogenic factors; Area centralis; Axon guidance factors; Cone photoreceptors; Fovea centralis; Foveal avascular zone; Fresnel numbers; Stiles-Crawford effects; Visual acuity

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Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

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