has soma location fasciculates with receives synaptic input in region sends synaptic output to region supraesophageal ganglion neuron adult gnathal ganglion gorget inferior clamp adult leg neuropil lower tectulum descending neuron of the posterior brain ventral median tract of ventral cervical fasciculus adult SMPpv2 lineage neuron adult cholinergic neuron cell body rind of adult posterior lateral protocerebrum descending neuron of the posterior brain DNp69 2024-07-25T12:00:00Z fly_anatomy.ontology DNp69 DNxn094 FBbt:20011359 DNp69 Adult descending neuron with its soma in the brain, posterior-medial to the posterior lateral protocerebrum (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 gorget, and presynapses in the gnathal ganglion (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). Within the VNC, it fasciculates with the ventral median tract of ventral cervical fasciculus, and sends output to the leg neuropil and lower 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). VFB:FBbt_20011359 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.