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Photochemistry of the Human Central Fovea

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The foveal pit shows light sensitivity different from that of the surrounding part of the fovea—the depressed area of the retina at the back of the eye. Photochemistry may be involved in this difference.

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WEALE, R. Photochemistry of the Human Central Fovea. Nature 218, 238–240 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218238a0

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