Cone photoreceptor density in the Copenhagen Child Cohort at age 16-17 years.
Christina Eckmann-HansenMathias Hvidtfelt HansenPoul Pedersen LaigaardBirgit Agnes SanderInger Christine MunchElse Marie OlsenAnne Mette SkovgaardMichael LarsenPublished in: Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) (2021)
The decrease in cone density per unit solid angle with increasing axial length was small, less than 1 percent per mm, indicating that expansion of the posterior pole during the development of refraction takes place without a clinically significant loss of cones. Perinatal parameters, within the spectrum presented by the study population, had no detectable effect on cone density.