amacrine cell

Term ID

CL:0000561

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. A08.663.358.050

References

• BTO:0004044
• FBbt:00005127
• FMA:67766

Ontology

Cell Ontology