FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term octopaminergic VPM3 neuron ID (Ontology) FBbt:00110151 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Octopaminergic neuron of the VM cluster, whose cell body is located posterior to that of OA-VPM1 and VPM2, in the mandibular segment of the adult brain. Its main neurite projects to the ventral esophagus where it crosses the midline. It then passes the posterior margin of the contralateral antennal lobe and runs further dorsally to the anterior superior medial protocerebrum. There it turns posteriorly and medially to cross the midline again and to terminate in the ipsilateral middle superior medial and lateral protocerebra. Various processes branch off the main neurite innervating the contralateral superior medial and lateral protocerebra, the fan-shaped body, the contralateral noduli, the contralateral gamma lobe and spur (slices 1, 3, 4 and 5) and outer region of the calyx of the mushroom body (Busch et al., 2009, Busch and Tanimoto, 2010). There is one neuron of this type in each hemisphere. It is synapsed to the MVP2 neuron in mushroom body gamma lobe slice 1 (Sayin et al., 2019). It develops from a larval sVPMmx (OAN-g1) cell (Truman et al., 2023).[ FlyBase:FBrf0207458 FlyBase:FBrf0210649 FlyBase:FBrf0220407 FlyBase:FBrf0227179 FlyBase:FBrf0243986 FlyBase:FBrf0255928 ]
Also Known As "OA-VPM3" ; "ventral paired median octopaminergic neuron 3"
Comment The neurotransmitter was assessed by immunostaining with an anti-octopamine (OA) antibody in cells labelled with tdc2-GAL4 (FBti0101786) and NP7088-GAL4 (FBti0037217) (Busch et al., 2009) or only using the tdc2-GAL4 (FBti0101786) (Busch and Tanimoto, 2010).
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octopaminergic neuron                              |
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adult neuron                                       |
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primary neuron                                     |
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mushroom body modulatory input neuron              |
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adult interneuron                                  |
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adult octopaminergic subesophageal VM neuron       |
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 |__adult octopaminergic subesophageal VPM neuron__|
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Is a adult mushroom body modulatory input neuron
mushroom body octopaminergic neuron
adult central complex neuron
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adult mandibular octopaminergic VM neuron
adult octopaminergic subesophageal VPM neuron
Develops from larval maxillary VPM neuron
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