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Important steps in visual information processing in the retina occur in the inner plexiform layer (IPL). Amacrine cells, whose somata are located in the inner nuclear layer (INL) and ganglion cell layer (GCL), densely innervate the IPL and play multiple roles in the processing of visual signals through their synaptic contacts with bipolar, ganglion and other amacrine cells. Two main classes of amacrine cells have been recognized: narrow-field and wide-field. Narrow-field amacrine cells are likely to be involved in the direct transmission of visual information through the retina. Wide-field amacrine cells are particularly heterogeneous and can be subdivided into high and low cell density populations (Masland, 1988). The low density or sparsely distributed wide-field amacrine cells are thought to have more diffuse, regulatory or modulatory functions (for review see Masland, 1988, and the chapter in this volume entitled “Organization and development of sparsely distributed wide-field amacrine cells in the rabbit retina” by N. C. Brecha, G. Casini and D. Rickman).
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Casini, G., Brecha, N.C. (1991). Development of the Tyrosine Hydroxylase Immunoreactive Cell Population in the Rabbit Retina. In: Bagnoli, P., Hodos, W. (eds) The Changing Visual System. NATO ASI Series, vol 222. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3390-0_32
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