# Bidirectional cell

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**Bidirectional cells** are a subset of [neurons](/source/Neuron) found in [mammalian](/source/Mammal) brains in region [MT](/source/Visual_Cortex). 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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-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](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1152/jn.1984.51.1.16](https://doi.org/10.1152%2Fjn.1984.51.1.16). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0022-3077](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0022-3077). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [6693933](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6693933).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Albright, Thomas D. (February 1989). ["Centrifugal directional bias in the middle temporal visual area (MT) of the macaque"](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/visual-neuroscience/article/centrifugal-directional-bias-in-the-middle-temporal-visual-area-mt-of-the-macaque/29D71DBE8D9F9BEEFE6F5C0F561E9ABC). *Visual Neuroscience*. **2** (2): 177–188. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/S0952523800012037](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0952523800012037). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1469-8714](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1469-8714). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [2487646](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2487646). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [32804542](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:32804542).

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