Bidirectional cell

Bidirectional cells are a subset of neurons found in mammalian brains in region MT. They are characterised by having a peak response to visual motion in two, opposing, directions. They were discovered in 1984 by Albright et al.{{Cite journal|last1=Albright|first1=Thomas D.|last2=Desimone|first2=R.|last3=Gross|first3=C. G.|date=January 1984|title=Columnar organization of directionally selective cells in visual area MT of the macaque|journal=Journal of Neurophysiology|volume=51|issue=1|pages=16–31|doi=10.1152/jn.1984.51.1.16|issn=0022-3077|pmid=6693933}}{{Cite journal|last=Albright|first=Thomas D.|date=February 1989|title=Centrifugal directional bias in the middle temporal visual area (MT) of the macaque|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/visual-neuroscience/article/centrifugal-directional-bias-in-the-middle-temporal-visual-area-mt-of-the-macaque/29D71DBE8D9F9BEEFE6F5C0F561E9ABC|journal=Visual Neuroscience|language=en|volume=2|issue=2|pages=177–188|doi=10.1017/S0952523800012037|pmid=2487646 |s2cid=32804542 |issn=1469-8714|url-access=subscription}}