What is the function of an amacrine cell?
a. transmit information from photoreceptors directly to the brain
b. modulate the activity of other photoreceptors
c. transmit information from bipolar cells to the ganglion cells
d. modulate lateral inhibition
e. transmit information from photoreceptors to bipolar cells
ANSWER: c
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