Ratio of cone to ganglion cells in central fovea

Range 1 cone/2 ganglion cells
Organism macaque
Reference Schein SJ. Anatomy of macaque fovea and spatial densities of neurons in foveal representation. J Comp Neurol. 1988 Mar 22 269(4):479-505.PubMed ID3372725
Comments On average there appears to be close to 2 ganglion cells for each cone in the central fovea out to about 2.5° degrees.
Entered by Daniel Ramot
ID 100708