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Retinal Ganglion Cells

"Retinal Ganglion Cells" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Neurons of the innermost layer of the retina, the internal plexiform layer. They are of variable sizes and shapes, and their axons project via the OPTIC NERVE to the brain. A small subset of these cells act as photoreceptors with projections to the SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS, the center for regulating CIRCADIAN RHYTHM.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Retinal Ganglion Cells" by people in this website by year, and whether "Retinal Ganglion Cells" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 18 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2016
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