has soma location overlaps sends synaptic output to region sends synaptic output to cell larval ventral nerve cord embryonic/larval aorta larva larval Eh neurosecretory neuron McKim et al. (2024) - doi:10.7554/eLife.102684.1 class this as lateral. VFB:FBbt_00006028 VA2 FBbt:00006028 larval Eh neuron larval eclosion hormone neurosecretory neuron fly_anatomy.ontology VM neuron ventromedial cell Larval neuron that expresses eclosion hormone (Eh). There is one of these in each hemisphere, with its soma in the tritocerebrum (Horodyski et al., 1993; Siegmund and Korge, 2001). Branches extend anteriorly and posteriorly, spanning the entire length of the central nervous system (Horodyski et al., 1993; Siegmund and Korge, 2001). It synapses onto other ring gland projection neurons and neurons in the ventral nerve cord that may be involved in ecdysis motor programs (Huckesfeld et al., 2021). Another branch extends posteriorly, then anteriorly, and follows the nervus corporis cardiaci to the ring gland, where it has peptide release sites in the corpus cardiacum and the aorta (Siegmund and Korge, 2001; Huckesfeld et al., 2021). It releases Eh around the time of ecdysis (Horodyski et al., 1993). ventromedial neuron larval l-NSC EH embryonic/larval corpus cardiacum innervating neuron eclosion hormone neuron larval descending neuron to VNC larval efferent neuron larval ring gland projection neuron cell body rind of larval tritocerebrum neurosecretory cell of larval brain