has characteristic has soma location capable of receives synaptic input in region sends synaptic output to region sends synaptic output to cell abdominal neuron superior medial protocerebrum adult periesophageal neuropils female-specific neuron adult ascending neuron adult doublesex pC1a (female) neuron adult cholinergic neuron adult VNC neuron adult abdominal neuromere adult subesophageal zone cell body rind of adult abdominal neuromere adult sex peptide abdominal ganglion neuron 2015-11-28T14:50:59Z These neurons express doublesex (FBgn0000504), but not fruitless (FBgn0004652) (Feng et al., 2014). fly_anatomy.ontology SAG AN_SMP_2 VFB:FBbt_00111304 SAG neuron SAG Female-specific adult ascending neuron that regulates female receptivity to mating (Feng et al., 2014). There are two of these cells per female, with their somas on either side of the midline, variably found on either the dorsal or ventral surface of the abdominal ganglion (Feng et al., 2014). It arborizes extensively within the abdominal ganglion, in the same region as the adult sex peptide sensory neuron, and sends an ascending projection along the dorsal midline into the brain (Feng et al., 2014). There, it projects ipsilaterally in the periesophageal region and bilaterally in the dorsal protocerebrum, including the pars intercerebralis (Feng et al., 2014). In the brain, it synapses onto and can activate doublesex pC1a neurons (Wang et al., 2020). It is cholinergic (Wang et al., 2020). FBbt:00111304 regulation of female receptivity bilateral