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Amacrine cell

In the anatomy of the eye, amacrine cells are interneurons in the retina. They are named from Greek a– 'non', makr– 'long' and in– 'fiber', because of their short neuronal processes. Amacrine cells are inhibitory neurons which project their dendritic arbors onto the inner plexiform layer (IPL). They interact with retinal ganglion cells and bipolar cells.

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Bipolar cellsSynapsesHorizontal cellsNeurotransmittersGamma-Aminobutyric acid
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Scotopic visionPhotopic
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AnatomyEyeInterneuronsRetinaGreek
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Location
Inner nuclear layer and Ganglion cell layer of the retina
FMA
67766
Function
inhibitory or neuromodulatory interneurons
MeSH
D025042
NeuroLex ID
nifext_36
Neurotransmitter
gamma-Aminobutyric acid, glycine, DA, NO or 5-HT

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Amacrine cell

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related to External links · 13
Amacrine cell → Amacrine Cell Archived, Archived, Cells, Eye Brain, Medicine Medical Subject Headings, MeSH, National Library, Neuroscience Information Framework, NIF Search, Vision, Wayback Machine, Wayback Machine Hubel, Webvision
related to Types · 13
Amacrine cell → Acetylcholine, Amacrine, Another, As, ChAT, GABA, GABAergic, GCL, INL, Many, One, TH, These
related to Structure · 8
Amacrine cell → Amacrine, Aminobutyric, Each, IPL, Like, Most, There, They
related to Classification · 4
Amacrine cell → According, However, It, This
related to Organization · 4
Amacrine cell → Amacrine, MEGF10, MEGF11, Mosaic
related to Function · 3
Amacrine cell → In, Intercept, IPLCreate
is a · 2
Amacrine cell → AII amacrine cells, mediator of signals from rod cells under scotopic conditions
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Amacrine cell → 67766
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Amacrine cell → inhibitory or neuromodulatory interneurons
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Amacrine cell → Inner nuclear layer and Ganglion cell layer of the retina

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cells amacrine cell ganglion retina field layer bipolar gabaergic retinal function one inner inhibitory glycine also different type many glycinergic

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Amacrine cellFMA677661.00infobox
Amacrine cellFunctioninhibitory or neuromodulatory interneurons1.00infobox
Amacrine cellLocationInner nuclear layer and Ganglion cell layer of the retina1.00infobox
Amacrine cellMeSHD0250421.00infobox
Amacrine cellNeuroLex IDnifext_361.00infobox
Amacrine cellNeurotransmittergamma-Aminobutyric acid, glycine, DA, NO or 5-HT1.00infobox
Amacrine cellPostsynaptic connectionsBipolar cells and Ganglion cells1.00infobox
Amacrine cellPresynaptic connectionsBipolar cells1.00infobox
Amacrine cellShapeVaries1.00infobox
Amacrine cellis aAII amacrine cells0.90text
Amacrine cellis amediator of signals from rod cells under scotopic conditions0.90text
release of dopamineinstance ofbut some specific functions of the retinal amacrine cells can be outlined.Intercept retinal ganglion cells and/ or bipolar cells in the IPLCreate functional subunits within the…0.80text

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