has characteristic has soma location has synaptic IO in region larval protocerebrum metathoracic neuron larval octopaminergic VPM neuron larval metathoracic VPM neuron 2018-08-20T10:42:53Z fly_anatomy.ontology tVPM3 VFB:FBbt_00047569 FBbt:00047569 Octopaminergic, bilaterally-paired neuron of the metathoracic neuromere of the larval ventral nerve cord. There is one of these neurons per hemisphere. They form a cluster with the VUM neuron cell bodies, but unlike the VUM neurons, the VPM neurons are restricted to the CNS. The metathoracic VPM neuron bifurcates after crossing the midline, with one process running anteriorly to the subesophageal ganglion. The other process innervates the dorsomedial and dorsolateral neuropil of the thoracic neuromeres. The metathoracic VPN neuron also arborizes in the basal protocerebrum (Selcho et al., 2012). larval ascending neuron cell body rind of larval metathoracic neuromere larval gnathal ganglion larval thoracic neuromere bilateral