| cholinergic amacrine cell | Voigt (V) | In the rat retina an antibody against choline-acetyl transferase (ChAT) stains two cell populations (Fig. 1). One group has the soma at the inner border of the inner nuclear layer (INL) where amacrine cells are normally found. The dendrites stratify in a narrow band in the outer third of the inner plexiform layer (IPL). The cells of the other population have their somata in the ganglion cell layer (GCL); their dendrites stratify in the central third of the IPL and their are quite likely displaced amacrine cells. The position of both dendritic strata within the IPL and the distance between them is constant, whereas soma position in relation to the starta is more variable for both populations, depending on the surrounding tissue. ... In rat these cells have...cup-shaped nucleus with a crown of cytoplasm that prompted their name in the rabbit. In ChAT-positive amacrine cells the cupped eccentric nucleus is also clearly visible and counter-staining of ChAT-immunoreacted retinae with cresylviolet reveals that the rat "coronate" cells are the cholinergic amacrines. | partially corresponds | | The cell morphology and the level of stratification make it likely that these two types are the displaced and nondisplaced of one amacrine cell class. They probably are identical to Perry and Walker's type (a) narrow-filed unistratified amacrines (Perry and Walker, '80), described from Golgi preparations of rat retina. Collator note: we considered semantic relation "partially corresponds" because the double staining LY/ChAT was reported to be of reduced quality. | Voigt T. | Mihail Bota |
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