has characteristic fasciculates with has synaptic IO in region receives synaptic input in region ocellar nerve adult gnathal ganglion superior posterior slope inferior posterior slope wing neuropil neck neuropil descending neuron of the posterior brain descending neuron of the posterior brain DNp28 2018-09-20T12:00:00Z ocellar DN DNp28 Descending neuron belonging to the DNp group, having a cell body on the posterior surface of the brain (Namiki et al., 2018). It has dendritic arbors in the contralateral lateral ocellar ganglion, which it reaches via an ocellar nerve (Dorkenwald et al., 2024; Schlegel et al., 2024). It also has arbors in the inferior posterior slope, superior posterior slope, gnathal ganglion, neck neuropil and wing neuropil (Namiki et al., 2018). It descends on the contralateral side of the cervical connective, then fasciculates with the median tract of the dorsal cervical fascicle in the ventral nerve cord (Namiki et al., 2018). There is one of these cells per hemisphere (Namiki et al., 2018; Dorkenwald et al., 2024; Schlegel et al., 2024). FBbt:00047661 DNxn042 DNp28 VFB:FBbt_00047661 fly_anatomy.ontology lateral ocellar ganglion adult median tract of dorsal cervical fasciculus bilateral