Interneurons
| Definition: |
Most generally any neurons which are not motor or sensory. Interneurons may also refer to neurons whose axons remain within a particular brain region as contrasted with projection neurons which have axons projecting to other brain regions. |
| Notes: |
A 11 qualif |
| Previously Indexed: |
Neurons (1966-1967) |
Interneurons Categories.
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Amacrine Cells - INTERNEURONS of the vertebrate RETINA. They integrate, modulate, and interpose a temporal domain in the visual message presented to the RETINAL GANGLION CELLS, with which they synapse in the inner plexiform layer. |
Interneurons Definitions and Terms
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