A17 Amacrine

References

• Postsynaptic connections (Input)
  • Rod Bipolar cells (Kolb, '79; Kolb and Nelson, '81)

• Presynaptic connections (Output)
  • Rod Bipolar cells (Kolb, '79; Kolb and Nelson, '81)

• Function
  • Rod light stimulation produces a sustained, depolarizing response. (Kolb and Nelson, '81)

• Morphology
  • Kolb, Nelson and Mariani (1981)
    • wide-field cell
    • 9-10 um small round soma
    • 700-1000 um dendritic field diameter
    • numerous fine dendrites with beads every 10-15 um
  • Pourcho and Goebel (1983)
    • wide-field cell
    • 15 um soma
    • 800 um dendritic field diameter
    • numerous fine beaded dendrites

• Array characteristics

• Compartmental Model Characteristics

• Location
  • dendrites go through the IPL and terminate in strata 5 of the IPL (Pourcho and Goebel, 1983)
  • dendrites "ramify throughout the whole extent of the IPL" - Kolb, Nelson and Mariani (1981)

• Subclasses

• Synapse types

• Synapse Receptors

• Neurotransmitters
  • Accumulates (3H)muscimol inidicative of GABA (Pourcho and Goebel, 1983)
  • Accumulates (3H)GABA (Freed, Nakamura and Sterling, 1983)
  • Does not accumulate (3H)glycine (Pourcho and Goebel, 1985)

• Immunoreactivity

• Nomenclature
  • Originated in Kolb, Nelson and Mariani, 1981

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