has characteristic fasciculates with has synaptic IO in region adult gnathal ganglion posterior lateral protocerebrum inferior posterior slope haltere neuropil descending neuron of the posterior brain intermediate tract of dorsal cervical fasciculus descending neuron of the posterior brain DNp17 2018-09-20T12:00:00Z 4 per hemisphere in Namiki et al. (2018), 6 per hemisphere in male-cns v0.9 (Berg et al., 2025), 8 per hemisphere in BANC v626 (Bates et al., 2025). Descending neuron belonging to the DNp group, having a cell body on the posterior surface of the brain (Namiki et al., 2018). This neuron does not cross the midline and descends on the ipsilateral side of the cervical connective (Namiki et al., 2018). It has neurites in the posterior lateral protocerebrum, inferior posterior slope, gnathal ganglion and haltere neuropil (Namiki et al., 2018). It fasciculates with the intermediate tract of the dorsal cervical fascicle in the ventral nerve cord (Namiki et al., 2018). There are around six of these cells in each hemisphere (Namiki et al., 2018, Berg et al., 2025, Bates et al., 2025). DNp17 FBbt:00047650 DNut025 DNut026 DNp17 VFB:FBbt_00047650 fly_anatomy.ontology unilateral