If a retinal detachment disrupts signaling between photoreceptors and bipolar cells across a large section of the fovea, which consequence follows?

💡 Explanation

Detachment physically separates photoreceptors from the retinal pigment epithelium, disrupting the retinoid cycle which is crucial for light transduction. Because signal transmission from photoreceptors to bipolar cells is interrupted, central vision, heavily reliant on the fovea, is lost; therefore, central vision loss is expected, rather than improvements in peripheral vision or night vision.

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