has characteristic has soma location fasciculates with receives synaptic input in region sends synaptic output to region supraesophageal ganglion neuron adult gnathal ganglion superior posterior slope inferior posterior slope primary neuron descending neuron of the posterior brain intermediate tectulum intermediate tract of dorsal cervical fasciculus - commissure of fine fibers cell body rind of adult antler upper tectulum adult cholinergic neuron descending neuron of the posterior brain DNp53 2024-07-25T12:00:00Z VFB:FBbt_20011351 DNp53 fly_anatomy.ontology 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, dorsal to the antler (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). It is a putative embryonic-born neuron (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). In the brain, it has postsynapses in the ipsilateral and contralateral superior and inferior posterior slope, and presynapses in the gnathal ganglion and the contralateral 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 intermediate and 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). FBbt:20011351 DNxn084 DNp53 bilateral