Amacrine Cells
Amacrine cell are interneurons with soma that reside primarily in the inner nuclear layer and send processes into the inner plexiform layer. Amacrine cells mediate motion selectivity and modulate input into the inner retina. Amacrine cells are classified based upon neurotransmitter expression and morphology.
Schematic depicting the different cell types and layers that make up the neural retina in an adult zebrafish adapted from Baden et al., 2019. Amacrine cells have their cell body in the inner nuclear layer (INL) and project dendrites into the inner plexiform layer where they synapse with RGCs and bipolar cells.
