FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term mechanosensory projection neuron ID (Ontology) FBbt:00052606 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Neuron that relays mechanosensory information from one or more sensory neuropil regions to one or more higher brain centers.
Also Known As "mechanosensory PN" ; "mechanosensory second-order neuron"
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sensory system neuron
 |__mechanosensory system neuron__
input/output neuron               |
 |__projection neuron_____________|
                                  mechanosensory projection neuron  86 rec.
                                   |__adult mechanosensory projection neuron 83 rec.
                                   |   |__adult AVLP-PN1 lateral horn input neuron 7 rec.
                                   |   |__adult AVLP_pr18 projection neuron
                                   |   |__adult AVLP_pr24 projection neuron
                                   |   |__adult wedge projection neuron 1 24 rec.
                                   |   |__antennal mechanosensory and motor center A1 projection neuron 10 rec.
                                   |   |__antennal mechanosensory and motor center A2 projection neuron 1 rec.
                                   |   |__antennal mechanosensory and motor center AMMC-VLP1 projection neuron
                                   |   |__antennal mechanosensory and motor center AMMC-VLP2 projection neuron
                                   |   |__antennal mechanosensory and motor center AMMC-VLP3 projection neuron
                                   |   |__antennal mechanosensory and motor center AMMC-VLP5 projection neuron
                                   |   |__antennal mechanosensory and motor center B1 projection neuron(+) 32 rec.
                                   |   |__haltere campaniform sensillum secondary interneuron
                                   |   |__leg chordotonal organ secondary interneuron
                                   |   |__leg mechanosensory bristle secondary interneuron
                                   |   |__ventrolateral protocerebrum projection neuron 1 10 rec.
                                   |   |__wind sensitive wedge projection neuron(+)
                                   |   |__wing campaniform sensillum secondary interneuron
                                   |   |__wing projection neuron 1
                                   |__larval mechanosensory projection neuron 3 rec.
                                       |__larval chordotonal projection neuron(+)
                                       |__larval Jupiter neuron 3 rec.
                                       |__larval mechanosensory multidendritic projection neuron
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    "mechanosensory second-order neuron" EXACT
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