has characteristic has soma location sends synaptic output to region supraesophageal ganglion neuron superior medial protocerebrum adult doublesex aDN neuron 2018-06-29T10:30:19Z fly_anatomy.ontology doublesex-expressing anterior-Dorsal Neuron Doublesex-expressing neuron of the adult that has its soma in the anterodorsal region of the superior protocerebrum (Lee et al., 2002). There are two of these cells per hemisphere in both males and females (Nojima et al., 2021). In both sexes, their neurites are all ipsilateral, with a medial arbor in the superior medial protocerebrum containing mainly presynaptic sites (Nojima et al., 2021). Lateral arborization, containing mainly postsynaptic sites, is sexually-dimorphic (Nojima et al., 2021). These neurons are glutamatergic (Pavlou et al., 2016). Lee et al. (2002) and Robinett et al. (2010) state that they do not see aDN in the female, but Rideout et al., 2010 and Pavlou et al., 2016 show that they are present in the female. These neurons do not express fruitless (Pavlou et al., 2016). dsx-aDN dsx-aDN VFB:FBbt_00047354 FBbt:00047354 dsx-expressing anterior-Dorsal Neuron sexually-dimorphic neuron adult brain doublesex neuron adult glutamatergic neuron adult superior brain cell body rind unilateral