part of has characteristic has soma location fasciculates with has synaptic IO in region receives synaptic input in region sends synaptic output to region adult central nervous system adult gnathal ganglion gorget posterior lateral protocerebrum wedge superior posterior slope saddle adult T1 leg neuropil adult T2 leg neuropil adult T3 leg neuropil descending neuron of the posterior brain intermediate tectulum descending neuron of the posterior brain DNp05 2018-09-20T12:00:00Z DNxn026 FBbt:00047638 DNp05 antennal mechanosensory and motor center AMMC Db2 neuron fly_anatomy.ontology Namiki et al. (2018), identify this as being morphologically similar to the contralateral giant mimetic descending neuron, described by Milde and Strausfeld (1990) (FBrf0239829), VGlut-F-500311, described by FlyCircuit (FBrf0212704). AMMC-Db2 VFB:FBbt_00047638 Descending neuron belonging to the DNp group, having a cell body posterior to the inferior clamp (Matsuo et al., 2016; Namiki et al., 2018). The primary neurite extends anteriorly and bifurcates in the gorget, with a lateral branch projecting ventrolaterally to form postsynaptic terminals in the ipsilateral antennal mechanosensory and motor center zone B, wedge, posterior ventrolateral protocerebrum, including the LC4 glomerulus, posterior lateral protocerebrum, gorget and superior posterior slope (Matsuo et al., 2016). A medial branch crosses the midline, extends posterioventrally and forms presynaptic terminals in the contralateral saddle and both sides of the gnathal ganglion (Matsuo et al., 2016). It descends on the contralateral side of the cervical connective, fasciculates with the median tract of the dorsal cervical fascicle and innervates the intermediate tectulum, T1, T2 and T3 leg neuropils (Namiki et al., 2018). There is one of these cells per hemisphere (Namiki et al., 2018). It is cholinergic (Cheong et al., 2024). DNp05 LC4 optic glomerulus adult median tract of dorsal cervical fasciculus adult cholinergic neuron antennal mechanosensory and motor center zone B adult posterior brain cell body rind obsolete antennal mechanosensory and motor center AMMC Db2 neuron bilateral