neural layer of retina
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layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam … Medical dictionary
Retina — The retina is the nerve layer that lines the back of the eye, senses light, and creates impulses that travel through the optic nerve to the brain. There is a small area, called the macula, in the retina that contains special light sensitive cells … Medical dictionary
neural retina — Layer of nerve cells in the retina, embryologically part of the brain. The incoming light passes through nerve fibres and intermediary nerve cells of the neural retina, before encountering the light sensitive rods and cones at the interface… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Neural development — comprises the processes that generate, shape, and reshape the nervous system, from the earliest stages of embryogenesis to the final years of life. The study of neural development aims to describe the cellular basis of brain development and to… … Wikipedia
Retina — For the Retina display in the iPhone 4, see iPhone 4#Display. Retina Right human eye cross sectional view. Courtesy NIH National Eye Institute. Many animals hav … Wikipedia
Neural development in humans — Main article: Neural development The study of neural development draws on both neuroscience and developmental biology to describe the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which complex nervous systems emerge during embryonic development and… … Wikipedia
retina — Light sensitive layer of the eye. In vertebrates, looking from outside, there are four major cell layers: (i) the outer neural retina, which contains neurons (ganglion cells, amacrine cells, bipolar cells) as well as blood vessels; (ii) the… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Neural correlates of consciousness — The Neuronal Correlates of Consciousness (NCC) constitute the smallest set of neural events and structures sufficient for a given conscious percept or explicit memory. This case involves synchronized action potentials in neocortical pyramidal… … Wikipedia
retina — /ret n euh, ret neuh/, n., pl. retinas, retinae /ret n ee /. Anat. the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of… … Universalium
neural retina — the retinal epithelium sensitive to light that develops from the inner layer of the optic cup. During hatching it forms several sublayers including the inner ganglion cell layer, interneuronal layers, the outer layer of light sensitive cells and… … Dictionary of ichthyology
