FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term larval metathoracic VPM neuron ID (Ontology) FBbt:00047569 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition 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).[ FlyBase:FBrf0219406 ]
Also Known As "tVPM3"
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larval octopaminergic neuron          |
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larval tyraminergic neuron            |
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larval CNS neuron                     |
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 |__larval ascending neuron___________|
                                      larval metathoracic VPM neuron
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