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 | | Bipolar cells are also termed ‘flat’ or ‘invaginating’ depending on the placement of dendritic tips, either on the surface of (flat), or penetrating within photoreceptor synaptic terminals to approach presynaptic ribbons (invaginating). |
 | | However, the expression of one specific mGluR on ON bipolar cell dendrites, the APB receptor, is unique to retina, where it is used in the direct signal transmission pathway from photoreceptors to ON bipolar cells. |
 | | ON bipolar cell signals appear greatly depressed or absent, OFF cone bipolar signals, as represented by the electroretinographic d-wave, are spared (Alexander et al., 1992), as is the rod a-wave (Goodman and Bornschein, 1957) (Fig. |
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