has soma location fasciculates with receives synaptic input in region sends synaptic output to region supraesophageal ganglion neuron adult lateral accessory lobe adult gnathal ganglion superior posterior slope inferior posterior slope descending neuron of the anterior dorsal brain intermediate tract of dorsal cervical fasciculus - commissure of fine fibers cell body rind of adult anterior optic tubercle upper tectulum adult WEDd1 lineage neuron adult cholinergic neuron descending neuron of the anterior dorsal brain DNa16 2024-07-25T12:00:00Z DNa16 Adult descending neuron with its soma in the brain, anterior to the anterior optic tubercle (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). It belongs to the WEDd1 (DALd) lineage (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). In the brain, it has postsynapses in the gnathal ganglion and the ipsilateral lateral accessory lobe and inferior and superior posterior slope (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). It has presynapses in the gnathal ganglia and the ipsilateral inferior posterior slope (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). Within the VNC, it fasciculates with the intermediate tract of dorsal cervical fasciculus - commissure of fine fibers and sends output to the upper tectulum (Takemura et al., 2024; Marin et al., 2024). Its predicted neurotransmitter is acetylcholine (Eckstein et al., 2024). There are approximately 2 of these cells per organism (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024; Sturner et al., 2025). DNa16 FBbt:20011335 Type identified at light level and matched across EM datasets by Sturner et al. (2025). Pre- or post-synapse locations are the fewest regions that collectively contain at least 80 percent of all pre- or post-synapses of these neurons in FlyWire. VFB:FBbt_20011335 DNut055 fly_anatomy.ontology