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Term	descending neuron of the anterior dorsal brain DNa16	ID (Ontology)	FBbt:20011335 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition	Adult descending neuron with its soma in the brain, anterior to the anterior optic tubercle (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). It belongs to the WEDd1 (DALd) lineage (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). In the brain, it has postsynapses in the gnathal ganglion and the ipsilateral lateral accessory lobe and inferior and superior posterior slope (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). It has presynapses in the gnathal ganglia and the ipsilateral inferior posterior slope (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). Within the VNC, it fasciculates with the intermediate tract of dorsal cervical fasciculus - commissure of fine fibers and sends output to the upper tectulum (Takemura et al., 2024; Marin et al., 2024). Its predicted neurotransmitter is acetylcholine (Eckstein et al., 2024). There are approximately 2 of these cells per organism (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024; Sturner et al., 2024).[ FlyBase:FBrf0260535 FlyBase:FBrf0260546 ]
Also Known As	"DNa16" ; "DNut055"
Comment	Type identified at light level and matched across EM datasets by Sturner et al. (2024). Pre- or post-synapse locations are the fewest regions that collectively contain at least 80 percent of all pre- or post-synapses of these neurons in FlyWire.
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Term

descending neuron of the anterior dorsal brain DNa16

ID (Ontology)

FBbt:20011335 (Fly Anatomy)

Definition

Adult descending neuron with its soma in the brain, anterior to the anterior optic tubercle (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). It belongs to the WEDd1 (DALd) lineage (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). In the brain, it has postsynapses in the gnathal ganglion and the ipsilateral lateral accessory lobe and inferior and superior posterior slope (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). It has presynapses in the gnathal ganglia and the ipsilateral inferior posterior slope (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). Within the VNC, it fasciculates with the intermediate tract of dorsal cervical fasciculus - commissure of fine fibers and sends output to the upper tectulum (Takemura et al., 2024; Marin et al., 2024). Its predicted neurotransmitter is acetylcholine (Eckstein et al., 2024). There are approximately 2 of these cells per organism (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024; Sturner et al., 2024).[ FlyBase:FBrf0260535 FlyBase:FBrf0260546 ]

Also Known As

"DNa16" ; "DNut055"

Comment

Type identified at light level and matched across EM datasets by Sturner et al. (2024). Pre- or post-synapse locations are the fewest regions that collectively contain at least 80 percent of all pre- or post-synapses of these neurons in FlyWire.

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VFB:FBbt_20011335

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cholinergic neuron
 |__adult cholinergic neuron________________________
adult neuron                                        |
 |__adult cholinergic neuron________________________|
adult descending neuron                             |
 |__descending neuron of the anterior dorsal brain__|
CNS neuron                                          |
 |__supraesophageal ganglion neuron_________________|
adult CNS neuron                                    |
 |__descending neuron of the anterior dorsal brain__|
 |__adult WEDd1 lineage neuron______________________|
DALd lineage neuron                                 |
 |__adult WEDd1 lineage neuron______________________|
                                                    descending neuron of the anterior dorsal brain DNa16

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Is a	supraesophageal ganglion neuron descending neuron of the anterior dorsal brain adult WEDd1 lineage neuron adult cholinergic neuron
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	"DNa16" EXACT VFB_SYMBOL "DNut055" EXACT
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supraesophageal ganglion neuron
descending neuron of the anterior dorsal brain
adult WEDd1 lineage neuron
adult cholinergic neuron

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Synonyms

"DNa16" EXACT VFB_SYMBOL
"DNut055" EXACT

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VFB:FBbt_20011335