has soma location fasciculates with receives synaptic input in region sends synaptic output to region supraesophageal ganglion neuron cell body rind of adult mushroom body calyx adult gnathal ganglion gorget inferior clamp adult leg neuropil descending neuron of the posterior brain dorsal lateral tract of ventral cervical fasciculus adult SMPpv2 lineage neuron adult cholinergic neuron descending neuron of the posterior brain DNp67 2024-07-25T12:00:00Z DNp67 FBbt:20011343 DNxl052 fly_anatomy.ontology DNp67 VFB:FBbt_20011343 Type identified at light level and matched across EM datasets by Sturner et al. (2025). Pre- or post-synapse locations are those with the highest total count of these neurons in FlyWire FAFB. Adult descending neuron with its soma in the posterior brain, ventral to the mushroom body calyx (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). It belongs to the SMPpv2 lineage (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). In the brain, it has postsynapses in the ipsilateral inferior clamp and the gorget, and presynapses in the gnathal ganglion (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). Within the VNC, it fasciculates with the dorsal lateral tract of ventral cervical fasciculus and sends output to the leg neuropil (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).