Term: retinal ganglion cell layer amacrine cell
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Name: retinal ganglion cell layer
Synonyms: ganglion cell layer
Definition: Layer of the retina that contains the ganglion cell bodies.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000024]
Name: amacrine cell
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]