The retina is a collection of cells lining the eyeball that gather information from the light and send it to the occipital lobe of our brain via the optic nerve. It is known that there are nerve conne...The retina is a collection of cells lining the eyeball that gather information from the light and send it to the occipital lobe of our brain via the optic nerve. It is known that there are nerve connections between rods and cones in the retina, and the optic nerve that carries information to the brain has fewer connections to the brain than there are rods and cones.