amacrine

Speech parts

1. amacrine - Noun

2. amacrine - Adjective

Meaning

amacrine (not comparable)

(biology) Without long processes.

amacrine (plural amacrines)

(biology) Any cell that does not have a long process.

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Despite the fact that all are nerve cells, only the retinal ganglion cells and few amacrine cells create action potentials. Source: Internet

Moreover, the horizontal action of the horizontal and amacrine cells can allow one area of the retina to control another (e.g. one stimulus inhibiting another). Source: Internet

The signal goes first to the bipolar and horizontal cells (yellow layer), then to the amacrine cells and ganglion cells (purple layer), then to the optic nerve fibres. Source: Internet

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