Translations:Amacrine Cell/20/en

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Staining the retina against tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), a key enzyme in the dopamine biosynthetic pathway, reveals the dopaminergic amacrine cells.[1] It should be noted, though, that (nor)adrenergic cells also contain TH, and thus in order to isolate only dopaminergic cells, staining should also be carried out against dopamine β-hydroxylase and phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase, enzymes found in the (nor)adrenaline biosynthetic pathways, but not in the dopamine pathway.[1]
  1. 1.0 1.1 Marc, Robert E. "Retinal Neurotransmitters." The Visual Neurosciences. Vol. 1. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2003. 304-319.