FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025

General Information
Term	adult lobula plate tangential neuron LPT30	ID (Ontology)	FBbt:00053350 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition	Adult lobula plate tangential neuron with its dendrites spanning around 100 columns of the ventral part of the visual field in lobula plate layer 4, but also arborizing across all other layers (Zhao et al., 2023; Nern et al., 2025). It also sends branches into lobula layers 4-5A, where it receives a small amount of input (Nern et al., 2025). In the central brain, it remains ipsilateral and sends output mainly to the inferior posterior slope and posterior lateral protocerebrum (Dorkenwald et al., 2024; Schlegel et al., 2024). Its predicted neurotransmitter is acetylcholine (Eckstein et al., 2024; Nern et al., 2025). There is one of these cells per hemisphere (Nern et al., 2025).[ FlyBase:FBrf0259490 FlyBase:FBrf0260535 FlyBase:FBrf0260546 FlyBase:FBrf0262545 ]
Also Known As	"LPT30"
Comment	Cell type based on FAFB and optic lobe EM data (Zhao et al., 2023; Dorkenwald et al., 2024; Schlegel et al., 2024; Nern et al., 2025) and identified at light level by Nern et al. (2025).
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	VFB:FBbt_00053350
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Term

adult lobula plate tangential neuron LPT30

ID (Ontology)

FBbt:00053350 (Fly Anatomy)

Definition

Adult lobula plate tangential neuron with its dendrites spanning around 100 columns of the ventral part of the visual field in lobula plate layer 4, but also arborizing across all other layers (Zhao et al., 2023; Nern et al., 2025). It also sends branches into lobula layers 4-5A, where it receives a small amount of input (Nern et al., 2025). In the central brain, it remains ipsilateral and sends output mainly to the inferior posterior slope and posterior lateral protocerebrum (Dorkenwald et al., 2024; Schlegel et al., 2024). Its predicted neurotransmitter is acetylcholine (Eckstein et al., 2024; Nern et al., 2025). There is one of these cells per hemisphere (Nern et al., 2025).[ FlyBase:FBrf0259490 FlyBase:FBrf0260535 FlyBase:FBrf0260546 FlyBase:FBrf0262545 ]

Also Known As

"LPT30"

Comment

Cell type based on FAFB and optic lobe EM data (Zhao et al., 2023; Dorkenwald et al., 2024; Schlegel et al., 2024; Nern et al., 2025) and identified at light level by Nern et al. (2025).

Links to External Ontologies

VFB:FBbt_00053350

Annotations

Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS

Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records

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Is a	lobula plate tangential neuron adult visual projection neuron adult cholinergic neuron
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"LPT30" EXACT VFB_SYMBOL
Secondary IDs

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	VFB:FBbt_00053350

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lobula plate tangential neuron
adult visual projection neuron
adult cholinergic neuron

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Synonyms & Secondary IDs

Synonyms

"LPT30" EXACT VFB_SYMBOL

Secondary IDs

External Crossreferences & Linkouts

VFB:FBbt_00053350