Open AccessInterplexiform cell in cat retina: identification by uptake of gamma-[3H]aminobutyric acid and serial reconstruction.
Author(s) -
Yasuhisa Nakamura,
Barbara A. McGuire,
Peter Sterling
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.77.1.658
Subject(s) - inner plexiform layer , outer plexiform layer , retina , amacrine cell , biophysics , neuroscience , electron microscope , gamma aminobutyric acid , chemistry , biology , biochemistry , physics , optics , receptor
After intravitreal injection of gamma-[3H] aminobutyric acid (GAB), 2% of the neurons at the outer margin of the inner plexiform layer were intensely labeled. Reconstructions of these neurons from serial electron microscope autoradiograms showed that they are interplexiform cells, which synapse on bipolar processes in the outer plexiform layer and on amacrine and bipolar processes in the inner plexiform layer.