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. [ MESH:D025042 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amacrine_cell&oldid=1023572246 GOC:tfm ]
Synonyms: amacrine neuron
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- retinal cell
- environment associated with an animal part or small animal
- ectoderm-derived structure
- interneuron
- part of some retina
- synapsed to some retinal ganglion cell
- in taxon some Vertebrata