amacrine cell
/ˈaməkrʌɪn
/ /-krɪn/noun Anatomy
A small nerve cell within the retina which has dendrites but no axon.Its pathogenesis is thought to involve cone and amacrine cell dysfunction in the retina....
- The best-studied amacrine cell synapses are those made onto ganglion cells and the feedback synapses made onto bipolar cells.
- One of the major objectives of our work is to understand how the function of amacrine cell synapses is modulated.
Origin
Early 20th century: from a-1 'not' + Greek makros 'large' + is, in- 'sinew or strip'.
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