Anatomy

Amacrine Cells

INTERNEURONS of the vertebrate RETINA. They integrate, modulate, and interpose a temporal domain in the visual message presented to the RETINAL GANGLION CELLS, with which they synapse in the inner plexiform layer.

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Abstract

INTERNEURONS of the vertebrate RETINA. They integrate, modulate, and interpose a temporal domain in the visual message presented to the RETINAL GANGLION CELLS, with which they synapse in the inner plexiform layer.

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3 entry terms
  • Amacrine Cell
  • Cell, Amacrine
  • Cells, Amacrine

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15 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.

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2002

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  • Retina/cytology (1966-2001)

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  1. A08w.675w.358w.050w
  2. A08w.675w.650w.850.500w
  3. A09w.371w.729w.831.500w
  4. A11w.671w.358w.050w
  5. A11w.671w.650w.850.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Amacrine Cells. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D025042. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D025042
  2. Amacrine Cells. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amacrine_cell
  3. Amacrine Cells. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q452595