Term 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. They lack large axons. |
Ontology: | Cell Ontology [CL:0000561] |