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Vision, Ocular

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Definition: The process in which light signals are transformed by the PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS into electrical signals which can then be transmitted to the brain.  differentiate from VISUAL PERCEPTION which takes place in the brain, vision takes place in the eye; visual stimulation: probably PHOTIC STIMULATION but check text for possible non-light (non-photic) stimulation   
See Also Photoreceptor Cells; Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate; Visual Perception
Examples Color Vision; Mesopic Vision; Night Vision; Phosphenes; Vision, Entoptic 		Other names Vision; Transduction, Visual; Phototransduction, Visual; Visual Transduction; Visual Phototransduction; Visual Light Signal Transduction; Ocular Vision; Light Signal Transduction, Visual

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