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Ganglion cell
Various forms of nerve cells.
  • A. Pyramidal cell.
  • B. Small multipolar cell, in which the dendrites quickly divides into numerous branches.
  • C. Small fusiform cell.
  • D and E. Ganglion cells
Details
LocationVaries by type
ShapeVaries
FunctionVaries but often excitatory projection
NeurotransmitterVaries but often glutamate
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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Ganglion cell

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Photoreceptor cell

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cones, and intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells. The two classic photoreceptor cells are rods and cones, each contributing information...

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Ganglion cell layer

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the ganglion cell layer (ganglionic layer) is a layer of the retina that consists of retinal ganglion cells and displaced amacrine cells. The cells are...

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Retina bipolar cell

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Giant retinal ganglion cells

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Amacrine cell

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Ganglion

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A ganglion (pl.: ganglia) is a group of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system. In the somatic nervous system, this includes dorsal root...

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Receptive field

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eye that are connected to this particular ganglion cell via bipolar cells, horizontal cells, and amacrine cells. In binocular neurons in the visual cortex...

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Parasol cell

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A parasol cell, sometimes called an M cell or M ganglion cell, is one type of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) located in the ganglion cell layer of the retina...

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Retina

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for tasks such as reading. A third type of light-sensing cell, the photosensitive ganglion cell, is important for entrainment of circadian rhythms and reflexive...

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Visual perception

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bipolar cells to the ganglion cells. Several photoreceptors may send their information to one ganglion cell. There are two types of ganglion cells: red/green...

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Ganglion cyst

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Motion perception

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known types of DS cells in the vertebrate retina of the mouse, ON/OFF DS ganglion cells, ON DS ganglion cells, and OFF DS ganglion cells. Each has a distinctive...

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Sensory neuron

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Dorsal root ganglion

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Retina horizontal cell

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types of retinal ganglion cells. Other retinal neurons include photoreceptor cells, bipolar cells, amacrine cells, and retinal ganglion cells. Depending on...

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Visual system

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rod opsins and cone opsins. (A third type, melanopsin in some retinal ganglion cells (RGC), part of the body clock mechanism, is probably not involved in...

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Spiral ganglion

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(cochlear) ganglion is a group of neuron cell bodies in the modiolus, the conical central axis of the cochlea. These bipolar neurons innervate the hair cells of...

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Trigeminal ganglion

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trigeminal ganglion is located within the trigeminal cave (Meckel's cave), a cavity formed by dura mater. The trigeminal ganglion contains cell bodies of...

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Cone cell

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established role of melanopsin (see also Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell). Sensitivity to a prolonged stimulation tends to decline over time...

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Autonomic ganglion

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autonomic ganglion is a cluster of nerve cell bodies (a ganglion) in the autonomic nervous system. The two types are the sympathetic ganglion and the parasympathetic...

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Bistratified cell

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Bistratified cell or bistratified ganglion cell can refer to either of two kinds of retinal ganglion cells whose cell body is located in the ganglion cell layer...

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Optic nerve

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the seventh week of development and is composed of retinal ganglion cell axons and glial cells; it extends from the optic disc to the optic chiasma and...

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Superior cervical ganglion

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The superior cervical ganglion (SCG) is the upper-most and largest of the cervical sympathetic ganglia of the sympathetic trunk. It probably formed by...

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Sensory nervous system

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1000:1. Ganglion cells reside in the adrenal medulla and retina where they are involved in the sympathetic response. Of the ~1.3 million ganglion cells present...

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Fovea centralis

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Bipolar neuron

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bipolar cell, the spiral ganglion and vestibular ganglion of the vestibulocochlear nerve (cranial nerve VIII), the extensive use of bipolar cells to transmit...

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Chronobiology

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