Cones Archives - Knowing Neurons

Gil Torten January 30, 2023 cone opsins, Cones, Disease, fovea, gene expression, immuno-staining, macaque model, Retina, rhodopsin, rods, scRNA-seq

A Close Up Look 21 – Retinal Cell Atlas

In this Close Up Look, our author Gil Torten shares new findings of the differences between the fovea and the periphery using a new model system!… Read More

Infographics

Gil Torten January 11, 2021February 25, 2021 Color Vision, Cones, Eye, Opsin, Vision, Visual cortex

A Close Up Look Infographic – #2 – Rods and Cones

How do rods and cones work in the eyes of the animals around us? Learn about the differences between the human eye and the one of the bee, snake… Read More

Brain Basics Sensation and Perception

Joel Frohlich September 30, 2015June 29, 2022 Color, Color Vision, Cone, Cones, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Green, Mars, NASA, Opponent Process Theory, Perception, Pluto, Tetrachromat, Trichromatic, Vision

Seeing Invisible Colors: Part II

In a recent Knowing Neurons piece, we explored the exotic visual abilities of other animals, while lamenting the limitations of human color vision. In this article, we stretch those limits… Read More