FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term supraesophageal ganglion ID (Ontology) FBbt:00003626 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition The pre-oral neuropils of the brain located above and some of it below the esophagus, comprising three fused ganglia (protocerebrum, deutocerebrum, and tritocerebrum) in the head.[ FlyBase:FBrf0224194 ]
Comment In the adult, this region is referred to as cerebral ganglia (Ito et al., 2014).
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Data Class Field Records
Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       4
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION      14
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       1
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 supraesophageal ganglion (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       4     54      1     15      4
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 |__ganglion____________
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 |__brain_______________|
multi-tissue structure  |
 |__brain_______________|
 |__ganglion____________|
                        supraesophageal ganglion  16837 rec.
                         |__adult cerebral ganglion 12687 rec.
                         |   |__adult anterior dorsal commissure
                         |   |__adult anterior optic tract 8 rec.
                         |   |__adult anterior superior lateral protocerebrum fascicle
                         |   |__adult cerebrum(+) 10098 rec.
                         |   |__adult dorsal antennal lobe tract
                         |   |__adult frontal median commissure
                         |   |__adult great commissure 4 rec.
                         |   |__adult lateral accessory lobe commissure
                         |   |__adult lateral antennal lobe tract 10 rec.
                         |   |__adult medial antennal lobe tract 15 rec.
                         |   |__adult mediolateral antennal lobe tract 3 rec.
                         |   |__adult superior arch commissure 2 rec.
                         |   |__adult superior posterior lateral protocerebrum commissure
                         |   |__adult supraesophageal zone(+) 11237 rec.
                         |   |__adult transverse antennal lobe tract(+)
                         |   |__anterior bundle
                         |   |__anterior cross
                         |   |__fascicle of optic foci
                         |   |__inferior ventral body commissure 1 rec.
                         |   |__posterior tract of the ventral body
                         |   |__pyriform fascicle
                         |__deutocerebrum 5242 rec.
                         |   |__adult deutocerebrum(+) 5061 rec.
                         |   |__antennal lobe(+) 5152 rec.
                         |   |__antennal lobe commissure(+) 25 rec.
                         |   |__deutocerebral neuroblast(+) 42 rec.
                         |   |__embryonic deutocerebrum(+) 24 rec.
                         |   |__larval deutocerebrum(+) 51 rec.
                         |__embryonic brain 1568 rec.
                         |   |__embryonic central brain(+) 330 rec.
                         |   |__embryonic dorsal procephalic subperineural glial cell 1 rec.
                         |   |__embryonic supraesophageal neuromere(+) 98 rec.
                         |__larval brain 3394 rec.
                         |   |__antero-basal tract
                         |   |__cell body rind of larval brain(+) 10 rec.
                         |   |__dorsal posterior commissure
                         |   |__ellipsoid body primordium(+)
                         |   |__embryonic/larval antennal lobe tract(+) 1 rec.
                         |   |__embryonic/larval posterior cervical tract
                         |   |__embryonic/larval supraesophageal connective(+) 1 rec.
                         |   |__gall primordium
                         |   |__larval antennal lobe local neuron(+) 20 rec.
                         |   |__larval antennal lobe projection neuron(+) 4 rec.
                         |   |__larval anterior dorsal commissure of brain
                         |   |__larval anterior superior transverse fascicle
                         |   |__larval basolateral protocerebral tract
                         |   |__larval basomedial protocerebral tract
                         |   |__larval brain A-subperineurial glial cell(+) 1 rec.
                         |   |__larval brain neuropil glial cell(+) 16 rec.
                         |   |__larval central brain(+) 610 rec.
                         |   |__larval dorsal posterior protocerebral tract
                         |   |__larval ellipsoid body-protocerebral bridge-gall neuron precursor
                         |   |__larval frontal median commissure
                         |   |__larval intermediate superior transverse fascicle
                         |   |__larval Kenyon cell(+) 8 rec.
                         |   |__larval lateral accessory lobe commissure
                         |   |__larval lateral ellipsoid fascicle(+)
                         |   |__larval lateral equatorial fascicle(+)
                         |   |__larval longitudinal superior lateral fascicle
                         |   |__larval longitudinal superior medial fascicle(+)
                         |   |__larval longitudinal ventral fascicle(+)
                         |   |__larval medial equatorial fascicle
                         |   |__larval median bundle
                         |   |__larval mushroom body anterior paired lateral cell 8 rec.
                         |   |__larval mushroom body output neuron a1 8 rec.
                         |   |__larval mushroom body output neuron a2 6 rec.
                         |   |__larval oblique posterior fascicle
                         |   |__larval optic focus 1 rec.
                         |   |__larval posterior lateral fascicle(+)
                         |   |__larval posterior lateral protocerebrum commissure
                         |   |__larval serotonergic IP1 neuron 1
                         |   |__larval serotonergic IP1 neuron 2
                         |   |__larval serotonergic IP1 neuron 3
                         |   |__larval serotonergic SP2 neuron 1 4 rec.
                         |   |__larval serotonergic SP2 neuron 2
                         |   |__larval superior arch commissure
                         |   |__larval supraesophageal zone(+) 1246 rec.
                         |   |__larval tubercle-bulb neuron precursor(+) 1 rec.
                         |   |__larval vertical superior lateral protocerebral tract
                         |   |__larval visual local interneuron(+) 10 rec.
                         |   |__larval visual projection interneuron(+) 25 rec.
                         |   |__posterior transverse tract
                         |__supraesophageal zone 12293 rec.
                         |   |__adult supraesophageal zone(+) 11237 rec.
                         |   |__larval supraesophageal zone(+) 1246 rec.
                         |   |__protocerebrum(+) 12262 rec.
                         |__tritocerebrum 669 rec.
                             |__adult tritocerebrum(+) 588 rec.
                             |__embryonic tritocerebrum 42 rec.
                             |__larval tritocerebrum(+) 11 rec.
                             |__tritocerebral neuroblast(+) 35 rec.
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UBERON:6003626
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