FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026

CV Term Report

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General Information

Term

medulla intrinsic neuron Mi3

ID (Ontology)

FBbt:00003778 (Fly Anatomy)

Definition

Medulla intrinsic wide-field neuron with both fine and bleb-type arborizations in medulla layers M3, M6 and M8, but with only fine arborizations in medulla layer M9 (Morante and Desplan, 2008; Fischbach and Dittrich, 1989).[ FlyBase:FBrf0049410 FlyBase:FBrf0204652 ]

Also Known As

"medullary intrinsic neuron Mi3" ; "Mi3"

Comment

Pre- versus postsynaptic innervation judged by scoring of terminal morphology from figures in Fischbach and Dittrich (1989) as assessed by FlyBrain Neuron DB.

Links to External Ontologies

VFB:FBbt_00003778

Annotations

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Insertions (FBti)	EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION

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medulla intrinsic neuron Mi3 (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

adult optic lobe columnar neuron
 |__optic lobe wide-field columnar neuron__
optic lobe intrinsic columnar neuron       |
 |__medulla intrinsic columnar neuron______|
medulla intrinsic neuron                   |
 |__medulla intrinsic columnar neuron______|
medulla columnar neuron                    |
 |__medulla intrinsic columnar neuron______|
                                           medulla intrinsic neuron Mi3  4 rec.

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Relationships
Is a	medulla intrinsic columnar neuron optic lobe wide-field columnar neuron
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"medullary intrinsic neuron Mi3" EXACT "Mi3" EXACT VFB_SYMBOL
Secondary IDs

External Crossreferences & Linkouts
	FlyBrain_NDB:10102 VFB:FBbt_00003778