Study |
M & L cones foveola |
M & L cones foveal slope (macula) |
M & L cones parafoveal |
M & L cones mid-peripheral (4 mm eccentic) |
M & L cones periphery |
S cones fovea |
S cones periphery (>5 mm or 17 deg) |
Notes |
| Schultze (1866,1872) | 36 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Greeff (1900,1902) | 38 |
22 |
-- |
-- |
6.5-13 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Polyak (1941) |
35 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Yamada (1969) | >45 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Yodelis & Hendrickson (1986) | 41-50 |
25-31 |
37 year old man |
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57-63 |
33-45 |
72 year old man |
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| Ahnelt (personal comm.) | -- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
31-42 |
12-17 |
|
| Hendrickson & Drucker (1992) | -- |
-- |
28 |
20-23 |
Study |
Rods periphery |
Rods mid-peripheral (4 mm eccentic)) |
M & L cones parafoveal |
| Greeff (1900,1902) | 25 |
-- |
-- |
| Hendrickson & Drucker (1992) | -- |
40-45 |
40 |
Tables compiled by Ted Sharpe.
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