FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term descending neuron of the anterior dorsal brain DNa14 ID (Ontology) FBbt:20011338 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Adult descending neuron with its soma in the brain, anterior to the mushroom body vertical lobe (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). It belongs to the WEDd1 (DALd) lineage (Dorkenwald et al., 2024; Schlegel et al., 2024). In the brain, it has postsynapses ipsilaterally in the inferior and superior clamp, gorget, inferior bridge and superior medial protocerebrum, and presynapses in the gnathal ganglion (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). Within the VNC, it fasciculates with the median dorsal abdominal tract and sends output to the leg neuropil (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 "DNa14" ; "DNxl025"
Comment Uncharacterized putative cell type from Marin et al. (2024), based on MANC v1.2.1 data (Takemura et al., 2024) from NeuPrint.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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cholinergic neuron
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adult neuron                                        |
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adult descending neuron                             |
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adult CNS neuron                                    |
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DALd lineage neuron                                 |
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                                                    descending neuron of the anterior dorsal brain DNa14
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Is a descending neuron of the anterior dorsal brain
adult WEDd1 lineage neuron
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