Preferred Label : outer plexiform layer of retina;
Uberon definition : The layer within the retina where the bipolar cells synapse with the photoreceptor
cells[ZFA]. Between the inner and outer nuclear layers, the outer plexiform layer
(OPL) contains connections between the photoreceptors and bipolar and horizontal cells[GO].;
Uberon related term : retinal outer plexiform layers; retina, outer plexiform layer;
Uberon narrow term : OPL;
Uberon broad term : external plexiform layer;
Uberon Homology note : (...) an essentially similar sequence of events occurs during the embryonic development
of the vertebrate eye. The eye initially develops as a single median evagination of
the diencephalon that soon bifurcates to form the paired optic vesicles. As each optic
vesicle grows towards the body surface, its proximal part narrows as the optic stalk,
and its distal part invaginates to form a two-layered optic cup. (...) The outer layer
of the optic cup becomes the pigment layer of the retina, whereas the inner layer
differentiates into the photoreceptive cells and neuronal layers of the retina.[well
established][VHOG];
The layer within the retina where the bipolar cells synapse with the photoreceptor
cells[ZFA]. Between the inner and outer nuclear layers, the outer plexiform layer
(OPL) contains connections between the photoreceptors and bipolar and horizontal cells[GO].