Term: retinal inner plexiform layer amacrine cell
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Name: retinal inner plexiform layer
Synonyms: inner plexiform layer
Definition: The layer within the retina where the bipolar cells synapse with the dendrites of the ganglion cells.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001329]
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]