The part of the retina that contains neurons and photoreceptor cells[GO].

stratum nervosum (retina), neural retina, stratum nervosum retinae, neuroretina, neural layer of retina

uberon

neural retinal epithelium

(...) 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]

UBERON:0003902

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl

• lens of camera-type eye

• presumptive neural retina