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Amacrine cells are interneurons in the retina. They are named from the Greek roots a– ("non"), makr– ("long") and in– ("fiber"), because of their short neuronal processes. Amacrine cells are inhibitory neurons, and they project their dendritic arbors onto the inner plexiform layer (IPL), they interact with retinal ganglion cells and/or bipolar cells.
【 語 句 】
・Interneuron：:介在神経細胞 ・retina：網膜 ・inhibitory：抑制する ・project：突出する ・dendritic：樹状(突起)の ・arbor：主軸 ・inner plexiform layer：内網状層 ・interact：相互に作用する ・retinal ganglion cell：網膜神経節細胞 ・bipolar cell：双極細胞
【Structure】
Amacrine cells operate at inner plexiform layer (IPL), the second synaptic retinal layer where bipolar cells and retinal ganglion cells form synapses. There are at least 33 different subtypes of amacrine cells based just on their dendrite morphology and stratification. Like horizontal cells, amacrine cells work laterally, but whereas horizontal cells are connected to the output of rod and cone cells, amacrine cells affect the output from bipolar cells, and are often more specialized. Each type of amacrine cell releases one or several neurotransmitters where it connects with other cells.
They are often classified by the width of their field of connection, which layer(s) of the stratum in the IPL they are in, and by neurotransmitter type. Most are inhibitory using either gamma-Aminobutyric acid or glycine as neurotransmitters.
【 語 句 】
・morphology：形態学 ・stratification：階層化 ・horizontal cell：水平細胞 ・laterally：側方に ・neurotransmitter：神経伝達物質 ・stratum：層 ・gamma-Aminobutyric acid ：γアミノ酪酸
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