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  2. Amacrine cell - Wikipedia

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    Around 15% of amacrine cells are neither GABAergic or glycinergic. [2] These amacrine cells are sometimes known as nGnG amacrine cells, and it is thought that transcription factors that act on progenitors decide the fate of amacrine cells. One transcription factor that was found to be selectively expressed in nGnG amacrine cells is Neurod6 [5]

  3. Lateral inhibition - Wikipedia

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    The central rod will send the light signals directly to bipolar cells which in turn will relay the signal to the ganglion cells. [17] Amacrine cells also produce lateral inhibition to bipolar cells [18] and ganglion cells to perform various visual computations including image sharpening. [19]

  4. Retina horizontal cell - Wikipedia

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    Horizontal cells provide inhibitory feedback to rod and cone photoreceptors. [1] [2] They are thought to be important for the antagonistic center-surround property of the receptive fields of many types of retinal ganglion cells. [3] Other retinal neurons include photoreceptor cells, bipolar cells, amacrine cells, and retinal ganglion cells.

  5. Retina bipolar cell - Wikipedia

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    Bipolar cells effectively transfer information from rods and cones to ganglion cells. The horizontal cells and the amacrine cells complicate matters somewhat. The horizontal cells introduce lateral inhibition to the dendrites and give rise to the center-surround inhibition which is apparent in retinal receptive fields.

  6. Inner nuclear layer - Wikipedia

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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. Their dendrites undergo extensive ramification in the inner plexiform layer.

  7. Thoracic duct - Wikipedia

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    It ascends the posterior mediastinum between the descending thoracic aorta (to its left) and the azygos vein (to its right), [4] and is situated posterior to the esophagus at the T7 vertebral level. It crosses the midline to the left side at about the T5 level, continuing to ascend. It then passes posterior to the aorta, and to the left of the ...

  8. AII amacrine cells - Wikipedia

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    AII (A2) amacrine cells are a subtype of amacrine cells. Amacrine cells are neurons that exist in the retina of mammals to assist in interpreting photoreceptive signals. AII amacrine cells serve the critical role of transferring light signals from rod photoreceptors to the retinal ganglion cells (which contain the axons of the optic nerve).

  9. Respiratory tract - Wikipedia

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    The lungs are the largest organs in the lower respiratory tract. The lungs are suspended within the pleural cavity of the thorax. The pleurae are two thin membranes, one cell layer thick, which surround the lungs. The inner (visceral pleura) covers the lungs and the outer (parietal pleura) lines the inner surface of the chest wall. This ...