Amacrine cells

Fig. 4 A TH labeled (dopaminergic) amacrine cell of the rat retina. Note that the receptor layer is on the top and the faintly visible ganglion cell layer is on the bottom (from Mytileneou and Bodis-WoUner, Department of Neurology, The Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, around 1978 unpublished data)...

Keywords Amacrine cell Bipolar cell Cone Fovea Horizontal cell Muller cells Photoreceptor Retina Retinal ganglion cell Rod... 

Figure 11.2. The five major retinal cell types (photoreceptors, bipolai cells, horizontal cells, amacrine cells, and ganglion cells) and tlieir synaptic connections.

Many amacrine cells have relatively dedicated functions. Some examples include ... 

Large, radially symmetric starburst amacrine cells help create directional selectivity in directionally selective ganglion cells (Taylor and Vaney, 2003). 

Dopaminergic amacrine cells with widespread dendritic arborizations increase release of dopamine in response to increases in global illumination. Dopamine diffuses throughout the retina to influence cells as far away as the RPE. The increased release of dopamine by light modifies cell function to opdmize retinal responses in daylight (Witkovsky, 2004). 

All amacrine cells transfer rod signals from rod bipolar cells to ganglion cells (Bloomfield and Dacheux, 2001). 

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