receives synaptic input in region sends synaptic output to region adult ventral nerve cord anterior ventrolateral protocerebrum descending neuron of the posterior brain descending neuron of the posterior brain DNp43 2022-05-10T13:09:29Z DNp43 FBbt:00052182 DNxl051 fly_anatomy.ontology DNp43 VFB:FBbt_00052182 Adult descending neuron belonging to the DNp group, having a cell body on the posterior surface of the brain. It receives input in the anterior ventrolateral protocerebrum and projects to the ventral nerve cord (Huoviala et al., 2020). There is one of these cells per hemisphere (Huoviala et al., 2020).