Term: Retina

Definition: Braekevelt and Hollenberg 1970; Morest 1970; Perry 1981; Ehinger and Dowling 1987. Developmentally the retina is an evagination of the hypothalamus, between the prospective preoptic and anterior hypothalamic levels (see Alvarez-Bolado and Swanson 1996).

Nomenclature: Swanson-2004

Parents Relation type
Interbrain is part
Related concepts Relation type
Retina, outer nuclear layer has part
Retina, outer plexiform layer has part
Retina, inner nuclear layer has part
Retina, inner plexiform layer has part
Retina, ganglion cell layer has part