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Vision science

the gradual recovery of visual sensitivity in darkness after light exposure, governed by pigment regeneration in rods and cones through the retinoid cycle.

In vision science, dark adaptation refers to the gradual recovery of visual sensitivity in darkness after light exposure, governed by pigment regeneration in rods and cones through the retinoid cycle. This meaning comes from Lamb (2004) in Progress in Retinal and Eye Research.[1]

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References

Lamb, T. D., & Pugh, E. N. (2004). Dark adaptation and the retinoid cycle of vision. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, 23(3), 307-380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.preteyeres.2004.03.001

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