The lenticular nucleus, light, and the retina.
Lenticular absorbance and retinal illumination are reviewed in the light of earlier observations showing that the nucleus rather than the lens as a whole is the main absorber of radiation. Corneal refraction is taken into account. Consideration is given to the Stiles-Crawford effect, and to the accumulation of lipofuscin in the retinal pigment epithelium which may be caused by illumination of the retina.
Age Concern Institute of Gerontology, King's College, London.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000502:physiology*; D008027:Light; D008062:Lipofuscin / Q000378:metabolism; D008433:Mathematics; D008875:Middle Aged; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000378:metabolism; D011680:Pupil / Q000502:physiology; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology*; D012168:Retinal Pigments / Q000502:physiology
D008062:Lipofuscin; D012168:Retinal Pigments