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. 2015 Dec 29;2016:9247057. doi: 10.1155/2016/9247057

Table 3.

Cannabinoid receptor type 2 protein distribution in the adult retina.

Retinal cells

Photoreceptors Expression in the outer and inner segments of cones [33]
Absence of expression in cone pedicles [33]
Expression in the inner and outer segments and cell body of rods [33]

Horizontal cells Expression at the membrane of the soma and in horizontal cells, dendrites [32, 33]

Bipolar cells Expression in the membrane of the soma and axons of rod bipolar cells [33]
Expression in the membrane of the soma of cone bipolar cells [33]

Amacrine cells Expression in some subtypes [32, 33]

Ganglion cells Expression in the soma [32, 33]

Müller cells Absence of expression at the membrane of the soma, in Müller cells, inner and outer processes [33]
Expression in Müller cells' processes in the vervet monkey only [34]