| Term: | amacrine cell neuron projection extension |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | amacrine cell |
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| Synonyms: | amacrine neuron |
| Definition: | Interneuron 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. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009255] |
| Name: | neuron projection extension |
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| Synonyms: | neurite extension, neuron process extension, neuron protrusion extension, neuronal cell projection extension |
| Definition: | Long distance growth of a single neuron projection involved in cellular development. A neuron projection is a prolongation or process extending from a nerve cell, e.g. an axon or dendrite. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:1990138] QuickGO AmiGO |