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Visual perception in humans occurs through absorption of electromagnetic radiation from 400 to 780 nm by photoreceptors in the retina. A photon of visible light carries a sufficient amount of energy to cause, when absorbed, a cis,trans-geometric isomerization of the 11-cis-retinal chromophore, a vitamin A derivative bound to rhodopsin and cone ...
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Vision is such an everyday occurrence that we seldom stop to think and wonder how we are able to see the objects that surround us. Yet the vision process is a fascinating example of how light can produce molecular changes.
Visual perception is the registration of stimuli in phenomenal consciousness. An unperceived stimulus can leave traces at unconscious levels of processing that can affect the visual perception and performance.
1 sty 1997 · THE VERTEBRATE VISUAL CYCLE Retinal Anatomy Regeneration of bleached rod visual pigments involves at least two cell types: photoreceptors that contain the visual pigments within their outer segments and RPE cells where most of the enzymatic processing occurs (Dowling, 1960).
Activation of the visual pigment by light in rod and cone photoreceptors initiates our visual perception. As a result, the signaling properties of visual pigments, consisting of a protein, opsin, and a chromophore, 11-cis-retinal, play a key role in shaping the light responses of photoreceptors.
Transduction from the light-absorbing visual pigment into an electrical response utilizes a G protein signaling pathway termed the phototransduction cascade, which leads to a decrease in the second messenger cGMP and the closure of cGMP-sensitive cation channels.
