FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term descending neuron of the posterior brain DNp47 ID (Ontology) FBbt:20011348 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Adult descending neuron with its soma in the brain, posterior to the posterior lateral protocerebrum (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). It is a putative embryonic-born neuron (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). In the brain, it has postsynapses in the ipsilateral superior posterior slope and inferior clamp, and presynapses in the ipsilateral superior posterior slope, the gnathal ganglion, the saddle and the ipsilateral inferior clamp (Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024). Within the VNC, it fasciculates with the dorsal median tract and sends output to the leg neuropil and lower 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 "DNp47" ; "DNxn080"
Comment Type identified at light level and matched across EM datasets by Sturner et al. (2024). Pre- or post-synapse locations are those with the highest total count of these neurons in FlyWire FAFB.
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cholinergic neuron                            |
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adult neuron                                  |
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adult descending neuron                       |
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CNS neuron                                    |
 |__supraesophageal ganglion neuron___________|
adult CNS neuron                              |
 |__descending neuron of the posterior brain__|
                                              descending neuron of the posterior brain DNp47
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Is a supraesophageal ganglion neuron
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descending neuron of the posterior brain
adult cholinergic neuron
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