Cell ID: CL0000561

Cell Name: amacrine cell

CSI Thresholds:

Select	Context	Threshold
	Overall	12.5239
	Macula lutea proper + Healthy	812.2626
	Macula lutea proper	810.0192
	Fovea centralis + Healthy	122.6327
	Fovea centralis	113.2648
	Peripheral region of retina + Healthy	84.8195
	Peripheral region of retina	75.1655
	Retina + Healthy	47.9151
	Cataract	41.8467
	Retina + Cataract	29.7441
	Retina	29.4251
	Macula lutea	26.0525
	Perifoveal part of retina	23.9385
	Perifoveal part of retina + Healthy	23.3623
	Perifoveal part of retina + Macular degeneration	16.0376
	Macular degeneration	15.8337
	Eye	13.7674
	Eye + Healthy	13.7359
	Macula lutea + Healthy	13.7168
	Healthy	12.1545

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(Cell Significance Index is uniquely calculated using our advanced thresholding algorithms to reveal cell-specific gene markers.)

Description: Interneuron 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. They lack large axons.

Synonyms: amacrine neuron, AC, ACs