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amacrine

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amacrine /am·a·crine/ (am´ah-krēn)
1. without long processes.
2. see under cell.

am·a·crine (m-krn, -krn)
n.
A cell or structure lacking a long fibrous process.
adj.
Of, relating to, or being a cell that lacks long processes.

amacrine [am´ah-krĭn]
without long processes.

amacrine
without long processes.

amacrine cell
a branched retinal nerve cell without an axon.


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However, all those studies had failed to detect any regenerated inner retina nerve cells, except when the Muller glia cells were genetically modified with genes that specifically promote the formation of amacrine cells, which act as intermediaries in transmitting nerve signals.
Targeting of amacrine cell neurites to appropriate synaptic laminae in the developing zebrafish retina.
In the normal retina (Figure 6(a)), anti-GABA antibody labels the inner plexiform layer (IPL), the amacrine cells located on the inner lamina of the INL, and the horizontal cells located on the outer lamina of the INL.
 
 
 
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