has characteristic develops from develops into has synaptic IO in region larval protocerebrum anterior ectoderm derivative larval interneuron primary interneuron immature dopaminergic DM2 neuron dopaminergic PPM2 neuron larval dopaminergic DM neuron larval dopaminergic DM2 neuron 2013-05-08T02:34:50Z Larval dopaminergic DM neuron found posterior to the DM1 cluster, behind the protocerebral bridge (Blanco et al., 2011; Hartenstein et al., 2017). It belongs to the primary DPMpm1/2 paired lineage (Hartenstein et al., 2017). It projects into the ipsilateral anterior protocerebrum (Blanco et al., 2011). Some of these neurons are not yet mature upon hatching, so the number of dopaminergic cells in this cluster increases from around 0-4 per hemisphere in the first instar, reaching around 9 at later larval stages (Hartenstein et al., 2017). It persists into the adult stage to become a dopaminergic PPM2 neuron (Hartenstein et al., 2017). Dopaminergic cells were identified by labeling with a tyrosine hydroxylase (anti-TH) antibody (Blanco et al., 2011). Selcho et al. (2009) found one exemplar of this cell type, which was found only once and stained weakly. They report this cell projected to both medial appendices, crossed the midline ventral to the medial lobe an arborized in the ipsilateral dorsomedial protocerebrum. DM2 neuron VFB:FBbt_00110333 fly_anatomy.ontology FBbt:00110333 unilateral