bipolar cell

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Introduction

A sensory neuron within 2 processes arising from opposite poles of the cell body. The cells body is often within a ganglion, but also occur in the retina.

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Mandell JW et al Synapsins in the vertebrate retina: absence from ribbon synapses and heterogeneous distribution among conventional synapses. Neuron 1990 Jul;5(1):19-33 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2114884