Glossary G
Glossary G
- Gamma Amino Butyric Acid (GABA) : Gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) refers to the most abundant inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain
Ganglia refer to a strategic collection of nerve cells in the peripheral nervous system . Ganglion (singular form of Ganglia) refers to the cluster of neuron cell bodies, usually outside the central nervous system (CNS)
Ganglion cell is defines as a type of neuron in the retina that receives input from the bipolar cells ; a neuron in the retina that receives inputs from bipolar and amacrine cells . The axons of the ganglion cells travel out of the eye in the optic nerve . Moreover, Ganglion cells is defined as a kind of neuron usually situated near the inner surface of the retina of the eye; receive visual information from photoreceptors by way of bipolar cells and amacrine cells; send visual information from the retina to several different parts of the brain, such as the thalamus and the hypothalamus .