p092fig03.05 A cross-section of the retinal layer. Note that light stimuli need to go through all retinal layers before they reach the photoreceptor layer at which the light signals are registered.
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retinal layerscellular composition
inner limiting membrane
retinal nerve fibreganglion nerve fibres
ganglion cellganglion
inner plexiformamacrine
inner nuclearhorizontal
outer plexiform
outer limiting membrane
photoreceptorrod
photoreceptorcone
retinal pigment epithelium
<- signal transduction. http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/01/20/brain.awq346