Lamina monopolar cell

Lamina monopolar cells are a class of neurons in the most peripheral neuropil of the arthropod visual system, the lamina.[1] Most insects, including flies, have five distinct classes lamina monopolar cells: L1, L2, L3, L4, and L5.[2] L1, L2, L3, receive direct synaptic input from the photoreceptors in the lamina, and send axons into the second-order neuropil of the visual system, the medulla.

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  2. Fischbach, KF; Dittrich, AP (1989). "The optic lobe of Drosophila melanogaster. I. A Golgi analysis of wild-type structure. Cell Tissue Res.". Cell and tissue research. 258 (3): 441–475. doi:10.1007/bf00218858.
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