article_snippet: But until recently The human eye seemed as if the cells in the retina were wired the wrong way round, with light travelling through a mass of neurons before The human eye reaches the light-detecting rod and cone cells.
article_snippet: Israel Institute of Technology researchers studied human retinas (image of an eye interior shown).
article_snippet: Israel Institute of Technology researchers looked at why cells in our retinas are wired the wrong way round.
article_snippet: About a century ago, the fine structure of the retina was discovered.
article_snippet: until recently the image information has not been clear why cells in our retinas lie in front of the cones and rods, not behind cells in our retinas.
article_snippet: An international team of researchers co-led by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis used cells from the retinas of mice and people.
article_snippet: Then us passed light through guinea pig retinas and, at the same time, scanned their with a microscope in three dimensions.
highlights_snippet: Israel Institute of Technology researchers studied human retinas .
  
highlights_snippet: Israel Institute of Technology researchers looked at why cells in our retinas are wired the wrong way round .
  