Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not having long fibers: a term applied to anaxone nerve-cells, sometimes called
spongioblasts , found in the inner molecular layer of the retina of the eye.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology Any
cell that does not have a longprocess - adjective Without long processes.
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Examples
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Along the way, while traveling at 100 meters a second, the signal passes by a long, thin, laterally arranged nerve, the amacrine cell.
THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD GERALD L. SCHROEDER 2001
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Along the way, while traveling at 100 meters a second, the signal passes by a long, thin, laterally arranged nerve, the amacrine cell.
THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD GERALD L. SCHROEDER 2001
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The amacrine cells are placed in the inner part of the inner nuclear layer, and are so named because they have not yet been shown to possess axis-cylinder processes.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye 1918
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The inner nuclear layer or layer of inner granules is made up of a number of closely packed cells, of which there are three varieties, viz.: bipolar cells, horizontal cells, and amacrine cells.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye 1918
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This work sets the stage for future studies looking at genetic specification of amacrine subtypes.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Patricia Jusuf 2009
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The timing of Ptf1a expression suggests that it is involved in the very early stages or steps in the differentiation of amacrine cells, which, due to the perdurance of the Ptf1a: GFP, can be seen to rapidly diversify into a large number of subtypes.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Patricia Jusuf 2009
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C2 is a second medulla cell, whereas α indicates an amacrine cell (AC) and β indicate a T1 cell.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Anton Nikolaev et al. 2009
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Horizontal cells and amacrine cells - modify impulses
Recently Uploaded Slideshows bholmes 2009
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Fujitani Y, Fujitani S, Luo H, Qiu F, Burlison J, et al. (2006) Ptf1a determines horizontal and amacrine cell fates during mouse retinal development.
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A variety of anatomically and neurochemically distinct subtypes of amacrine cells can already be distinguished at this embryonic time point.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Patricia Jusuf 2009
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