Outer nuclear layer Outer nuclear layer The outer nuclear layer (or layer of outer granules or external nuclear layer), is one of the layers of the vertebrate retina, the light-detecting portion of the eye. Like the inner nuclear layer, the outer nuclear layer contains several strata of oval nuclear bodies; they are of two kinds, viz.: rod and cone granules, so named on account of their being respectively connected with the rods and cones of the next layer. The spherical rod granules are much the more numerous, and are placed at different levels throughout the layer. Their nuclei present a peculiar cross-striped appearance,
Development of the human cerebral cortex during neurogenesis at mouse E10.5 to E12.5. Of the six layers found within the cortex, "layer 1 is the most superficial layer of the cortex...composed of Cajal-Retzius neurons and pyramidal cortex cells." This layer is unique in the aspect that these cells migrate to the outer edge of the cortex opposed to the migration experienced by the other 5 layers. Layer one is also characterized by expression of reelin, transcription factor T-box brain 1, and cortical migratory neuronal marker. The second and third layers, or the External Granular layer and External Pyramidal layer respectively, are formed around mouse E13.5 to