part of has synaptic IO in region larval central nervous system larval protocerebrum gnathal ganglion larval descending neuron to VNC neurosecretory cell of larval brain larval anterior large descending DN Tachykinin neuron 2011-12-08T02:39:29Z Larval neuron that expresses Tachykinin (FBgn0037976), whose cell body is located in the anterior protocerebrum and that innervates the ventral nerve cord. At the third instar larval stage, these neurons also form arborizations at two sites near the midline of the protocerebrum and in the subesophageal ganglion. At the level of the ventral nerve cord, this neuron has one main axon and two additional processes, one longer and one shorter than the main axon. There is one of these neurons per hemisphere (Winther et al., 2003; Siviter et al., 2000). VA3 VFB:FBbt_00110037 FBbt:00110037 larval brain DTK/Ast-B fly_anatomy.ontology larval tachykinin DN neuron larval tachykinin descending neuron larval anterior large descending neuron DN Tachykinin expression was observed by in situ hybridization and immunostaining. This pair of neurons is present in all larval stages. Based on large size and position relative to other Tk neurons, this is probably the dimmed-expressing dTK/AstB neuron from Park et al. (2008) - FBrf0210278. larval Tachykinin neuron of the central nervous system