capable of part of receives synaptic input in region sends synaptic output to region male genitalia superior medial protocerebrum adult abdominal doublesex (male) neuron male-specific neuron adult ascending neuron adult male copulation reporting neuron 2020-09-23T10:34:06Z VFB:FBbt_00049810 FBbt:00049810 Doublesex-expressing neuron of the adult male that has its cell body in the abdominal neuromere, dendrites around the male external genitalia and ascending projections to the superior medial protocerebrum (Zhang et al., 2019). It is involved in the regulation of male mating drive (Zhang et al., 2019). There are around 25 of these neurons per organism and they are cholinergic (Zhang et al., 2019). CRN fly_anatomy.ontology adult cholinergic neuron regulation of male mating behavior