has characteristic has soma location fasciculates with receives synaptic input in region sends synaptic output to region supraesophageal ganglion neuron superior medial protocerebrum adult gnathal ganglion inferior clamp superior intermediate protocerebrum flange descending neuron of the posterior brain median dorsal abdominal tract DPMm2 lineage neuron adult cholinergic neuron cell body rind of adult superior medial protocerebrum descending neuron of the posterior brain DNp46 2024-07-25T12:00:00Z DNp46 DNxn079 fly_anatomy.ontology Adult descending neuron with its soma in the posterior brain, near to the superior medial protocerebrum (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). It belongs to the SMPpm1 lineage (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). In the brain, it has postsynapses ipsilaterally in the inferior clamp and superior intermediate and medial protocerebrum, and presynapses in the gnathal ganglion and the contralateral flange (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). Within the VNC, it fasciculates with the median dorsal abdominal tract and sends output to multiple regions (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). DNp46 VFB:FBbt_20011347 FBbt:20011347 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. bilateral