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 prow flange descending neuron of the posterior brain median dorsal abdominal tract cell body rind of adult antler upper tectulum DPMm2 lineage neuron adult cholinergic neuron adult abdominal neuromere descending neuron of the posterior brain DNp48 2024-07-25T12:00:00Z Adult descending neuron with its soma in the posterior brain, dorsal to the antler (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 in the ipsilateral superior medial protocerebrum, and presynapses in the prow, the ipsilateral and contralateral flange, the gnathal ganglion and the ipsilateral superior medial protocerebrum (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). Within the VNC, it fasciculates with the median dorsal abdominal tract and sends output to the abdominal neuromere and 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). fly_anatomy.ontology FBbt:20011349 DNp48 VFB:FBbt_20011349 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. DNxn081 DNp48 bilateral