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Amacrine cell
Xenopus retinal cells stained for cdk2/cyclin2 with red arrow indicating amacrine cell. IPL is shown in black-white.
Details
LocationInner nuclear layer and Ganglion cell layer of the retina
ShapeVaries
Functioninhibitory or neuromodulatory interneurons
Neurotransmittergamma-Aminobutyric acid, glycine, DA, or 5-HT
Presynaptic connectionsBipolar cells
Postsynaptic connectionsBipolar cells and Ganglion cells
Identifiers
MeSHD025042
NeuroLex IDnifext_36
FMA67766
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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Plan of retinal neurons.

In the anatomy of the eye, amacrine cells are interneurons in the retina.[1] They are named from Greek a– 'non', makr– 'long', and in– 'fiber', because of their short neuronal processes. Amacrine cells are inhibitory neurons, and they project their dendritic arbors onto the inner plexiform layer (IPL), they interact with retinal ganglion cells, and bipolar cells or both of these.[2]

  1. ^ Kolb, H; Nelson, R; Fernandez, E (1995). "Roles of Amacrine Cells". PMID 21413397. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Balasubramanian, R; Gan, L (2014). "Development of Retinal Amacrine Cells and Their Dendritic Stratification". Current Ophthalmology Reports. 2 (3): 100–106. doi:10.1007/s40135-014-0048-2. PMC 4142557. PMID 25170430.

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