| Cell type (class) | Nomenclature (Acronym) |
Definition | Relation of 1CA amacrine retinal cell |
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| large THI-DA retinal cell | Versaux-Boteri et al (VB) | Only one type of DA-positive cell could be observed. They were very large amacrine neurons that sent opposite dendrites to the outermost sublayer of the IPL )Fig. 7, 9, 10). A number of interplexiform cells (Figs. 9, 10) as well as some displaced amcrines in the ganglion cell layer could be observed among the DA-positive neurons. In flatmounts, the DA-positive cells exhibited a stellate shape (Fig. 8). | synonym | | According to the terminology introduced by Mariani and Hokoc (1988), the type 1CA cells (alternatively called large THI-DA cells (Nguyen-Legros, 1987) CA1 cells (Mitrofanis and Provis, 1990) orAcells [Casini and Brecha, 1992]) are large-bodied, intensely TH-I neurons branching mostly in the outermost sublayer (sublayer 1) of the inner plexiform layer (IPL) (Figs. 1–4, 8 (black cell), 10, 15). | Nguyen-Legros J., Versaux-Botteri C. & Savy C. | Mihail Bota |
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| 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. | synonym | | According to the terminology introduced by Mariani and Hokoc (1988), the type 1CA cells (alternatively called large THI-DA cells (Nguyen-Legros, 1987) CA1 cells (Mitrofanis and Provis, 1990) orAcells [Casini and Brecha, 1992]) are large-bodied, intensely TH-I neurons branching mostly in the outermost sublayer (sublayer 1) of the inner plexiform layer (IPL) (Figs. 1–4, 8 (black cell), 10, 15). | Nguyen-Legros J., Versaux-Botteri C. & Savy C. | Mihail Bota | | The comparison between anti-DA and anti-TH immunolabelling clearly indicated that only the large TH-positive cells were dopaminergic. The DA-positive cells exhibit the same morphological characteristics as the large TH-positive neurons; they have the same soma size and shape and the same location of soma and dendrites at the interface of the INL and IPL. | Nguyen-Legros J., Versaux-Botteri C. & Savy C. | Mihail Bota | |
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| dopamine interplexiform cell | Nguyen-Legros et al. (NL) | All TH-I cells in the amacrine cell layer having at least one process lying more sclerad than its soma (i.e., in the outer part of the INL, the OPL, and the ONL, inrrespective of ramification) were considered to be IPc. The cell bodies of DA-IPCcs in the rat retina were heavily TH-I (1CA cells) round or ovoid (Fig. 1a, e). Their mean cross-sectional area (174.1 ± 19.6 micrometers2) and mean diameter (14.8 ± 0.8 micrometers; n = 31) did not significantly differ from those of the general DA cell population (cross-sectional area 174.1 ± 25.3 micrometers2, mean diameter 14.8 ± 1.1 micrometers; n=54; Fig.2). The DA-IPc internal arborization emerged as thick stems branching at a short distance from the cell bodies in the both the rat and the monley retinas (Figs. 1a, e, 3). | includes | | All the IPCs analyzed belonged to the 1CA cell class, i.e., the large field monostratified, heavily TH-I cells (Nguyen-Legros et al., 1983; Mariani and Hokoc, 1988, Mitrofanis et al., 1988, Nguyen-Legros et al., 1992). | Savy C., Moussafi F., Durand J., Yelnik J., Simon A. & Nguyen-Legros J. | Mihail Bota |
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