Amacrine cells of the mammalian retina: Neurocircuitry and functional roles

被引:86
作者
Kolb, H [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Utah, Sch Med, John Moran Eye Ctr, Dept Ophthalmol, Salt Lake City, UT 84132 USA
关键词
INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; SELECTIVE GANGLION-CELLS; CAT RETINA; RABBIT RETINA; ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; BIPOLAR CELLS; IMMUNOREACTIVE MATERIAL; SYNAPTIC ORGANIZATION; TYROSINE-HYDROXYLASE;
D O I
10.1038/eye.1997.230
中图分类号
R77 [眼科学];
学科分类号
100212 ;
摘要
Since amacrine cells are important interneurons of the inner retina and their activity may be detected in certain waveforms of the electroretinogram, this paper reviews their morphologies, classification, mosaics, neurotransmitter content, neural circuitry and physiological responses to light. Nine different amacrine cell types of cat, rabbit and human retinas are presently quite well studied in terms of the aforementioned aspects and are described in detail in this paper.
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