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The inner nuclear layer (INL) of the mammalian retina is composed of the cell bodies of bipolar, horizontal, amacrine, interplexiform and Müller cells. Of these, bipolar cells are responsible for the vertical flow of information from the photoreceptor matrix to the inner plexiform layer and hence to the ganglion cells. We have begun an analysis of the neuronal composition of the INL of the macaque monkey with emphasis on the different subpopulations of bipolar cells which are present there. In this chapter we describe the density and distribution of rod bipolar cells within the central 12 mm and provide an estimate of the total number of bipolar cells within one millimeter of the fovea. The results can be used to estimate limits to the spatial resolving power of rod and cone mediated vision in the central retina, and may thus have relevance for psychophysical estimates of these values.
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Martin, P.R., Grünert, U. (1991). Density of Bipolar Cells in the Macaque Monkey Retina. In: Valberg, A., Lee, B.B. (eds) From Pigments to Perception. NATO ASI Series, vol 203. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3718-2_8
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