| TH-immunoreactive stellate amacrine cell | Versaux-Boteri et al (VB) | The stellate amacrine cells had a large ovoid soma (17.58 ± 1.45 X 14.28 ± 076 micrometers) bearing 2-4 primary dendrites in opposite directions. These dendrites were long, straight, and poorly branched. They had a more or less varicose appearance (Fig. 1) and were observed in approximately the same focal plane as the cell bodies, i.e., at the interface between the inner nuclear layer (INL) and the inner plexiform layer (IPL). These flat amacrine cells were more heavily labelled and exhibited more developed processes in the upper retina. | is included | | Among the population of stellate cells, two subtypes could be observed:...(2) the displaced amacrine cells, whose somata were found in the ganglion cell layer (alloganglion cells), sent especially long and strong processes to the IPL (Figs. 5., 6), and very often one thin process to the innermost sublayer of the IPL. The eremite cells displaced in the middle of the IPL were difficult to identify in flat mount, although occasionally some could be recognized. These cells had a well-delimited clear nucleus and their primary dendrites were especiallt thick and irregularly shaped. Their dendritic tree was particularly flat, lying in a focal plane in the middle of the IPL (Fig. 2). | Versaux-Botteri C., Martin-Martinelli E., Nguyen-LeGros J., Geffard M., Vigny A. & Denoroy L. | Mihail Bota |
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