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Displaced horizontal cells and biplexiform horizontal cells in the mammalian retina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

L. C. L. Silveira ,
E. S. Yamada  and
C. W. Picanço-Diniz
L. C. L. Silveira
Affiliation:
Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brasil
E. S. Yamada
Affiliation:
Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brasil
C. W. Picanço-Diniz
Affiliation:
Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brasil
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Abstract

We have used the neurofibrillar method of Gros-Schultze to stain the axonless horizontal cells of capybara, agouti, cat, and rabbit retinae. In all of these species, we have found two unusual horizontal cell morphologies: displaced horizontal cells and biplexiform horizontal cells. The displaced horizontal cells have perikarya located in the ganglion cell layer and dendrites branching in the inner plexiform layer. Many dendrites take an ascending trajectory to branch in the outer plexiform layer. The biplexiform horizontal cells are normally placed horizontal cells with descending processes that branch in the inner plexiform layer. Both cell types occur mainly in the retinal periphery, near the ora serrata. They are more numerous in the capybara retina, where they represent as much as 50% of the axonless horizontal cells of the retinal periphery.

Keywords

Displaced horizontal cellsBiplexiform horizontal cellsHorizontal cellsRetinaHystricomorph rodents
Type
Short Communication
Information
Visual Neuroscience , Volume 3 , Issue 5 , November 1989 , pp. 483 - 488
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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