Bidirectional cell

Bidirectional cellsare a subset ofneuronsfound inmammalianbrains in regionMT.They are characterised by having a peak response to visual motion in two, opposing, directions. They were discovered in 1984 by Albright et al.^[1]^[2]

References

^Albright, Thomas D.; Desimone, R.; Gross, C. G. (January 1984). "Columnar organization of directionally selective cells in visual area MT of the macaque".Journal of Neurophysiology.51(1): 16–31.doi:10.1152/jn.1984.51.1.16.ISSN 0022-3077.PMID 6693933.
^Albright, Thomas D. (February 1989)."Centrifugal directional bias in the middle temporal visual area (MT) of the macaque".Visual Neuroscience.2(2): 177–188.doi:10.1017/S0952523800012037.ISSN 1469-8714.PMID 2487646.S2CID 32804542.

[1] Albright, Thomas D.; Desimone, R.; Gross, C. G. (January 1984). "Columnar organization of directionally selective cells in visual area MT of the macaque".Journal of Neurophysiology.51(1): 16–31.doi:10.1152/jn.1984.51.1.16.ISSN 0022-3077.PMID 6693933.

[2] Albright, Thomas D. (February 1989)."Centrifugal directional bias in the middle temporal visual area (MT) of the macaque".Visual Neuroscience.2(2): 177–188.doi:10.1017/S0952523800012037.ISSN 1469-8714.PMID 2487646.S2CID 32804542.

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