detection of light stimulus involved in visual perception
The series of events involved in visual perception in which a light stimulus is received and converted into a molecular signal. [ GOC:ai GOC:dos ]
Synonyms: visual perception, sensory transduction of light stimulus, sensory detection of light stimulus during visual perception, visual perception, sensory transduction during perception of light, sensory transduction of light stimulus during visual perception, sensory detection of light during visual perception, visual perception, detection of light stimulus, sensory transduction of light during visual perception
Term info
biological_process
GO:0050908
Term relations
- detection of light stimulus involved in sensory perception
- detection of visible light
- part of some visual perception


