embryonic/larval ventromedial cerebrum [FBbt_00007063]

embryonic/larval ventromedial cerebrum

ID: FBbt_00007063

One of a group of synaptic neuropil domains of the larval brain which are located ventral to the mushroom body and are grouped around the long axon tracts connecting the larval protocerebrum to the ventral nerve cord. This medially located compartment contacts the antennal lobe posteriorly. The lateral cervical tract ascends through the center of this compartment. It is the larval counterpart of the adult ventromedial neuropils.

Note - description of relative location of brain structures in this definition is based on Younossi-Hartenstein et al., 2003 description of the first instar larval brain and Pereanu et al., 2010 third instar larval brain.