has soma location capable of part of receives synaptic input in region sends synaptic output to region supraesophageal ganglion neuron adult gnathal ganglion anterior ventrolateral protocerebrum cell body rind of adult antler adult interneuron primary interneuron adult dopaminergic neuron adult DopaMeander neuron 2020-07-30T12:00:00Z VFB:FBbt_20000585 fly_anatomy.ontology adult anterior ventrolateral protocerebrum neuron 476 DopaMeander Cell type based on Hemibrain data (Scheffer et al., 2020), updated using FlyWire (FAFB) data (Dorkenwald et al., 2024; Schlegel et al., 2024) and identified at light level by Dahlhoff et al. (2025). Soma locations are based on the closest annotated neuropil region in FlyWire. Figure S3 of Dahlhoff et al. (2025) shows DopaMeander as AVLP476. Adult dopaminergic interneuron of the brain with its soma dorsal to the antler (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024, Eckstein et al., 2024, Dahlhoff et al., 2025). It is a putative embryonic-born neuron (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). It remains ipsilateral, receiving input in the anterior ventrolateral protocerebrum (AVLP) and the gnathal ganglion and having output synapses in the AVLP (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). There is one of these cells per hemisphere (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024, Dahlhoff et al., 2025). Its activity increases walking speed and turning (Dahlhoff et al., 2025). FBbt:20000585 AVLP476 DopaMeander adult walking behavior turning behavior