larval insulin secreting cell of pars intercerebralis [FBbt_00110035]

Insulin-producing neurosecretory cell with its cell body in the larval pars intercerebralis (Ikeya et al., 2002. The same cells express Ilp2, Ilp3 and Ilp5 mRNA with different temporal profiles (Ikeya et al., 2002. An axonal branch projects to the contralateral side, looping posteriorly then anteriorly, and entering the nervus corporis cardiaci (Siegmund and Korge, 2001; Huckesfeld et al., 2021). This branch projects to the ring gland, where it has peptide release sites in the corpus cardiacum and along the aorta (Siegmund and Korge, 2001; Rulifson et al., 2002; Huckesfeld et al., 2021). Dendrites extend ventrally, close to the midline, reaching the subesophageal zone, and laterally, into the lateral protocerebrum (Siegmund and Korge, 2001; Rulifson et al., 2002; Huckesfeld et al., 2021). It receives synaptic input from hugin neurons of the protocerebrum (Schlegel et al., 2016. There are seven of these cells in each hemisphere (Cao and Brown, 2001; Rulifson et al., 2002; Ikeya et al., 2002; Park et al., 2008. (Rulifson et al., 2002, Hückesfeld et al., 2021, Siegmund and Korge, 2001, Schlegel et al., 2016, de Velasco et al., 2007, Cao and Brown, 2001, Ikeya et al., 2002, Park et al., 2008)