Li21 [FBbt_20007263]

Adult lobula intrinsic neuron of the Li21 group (Nern et al., 2025). It receives input in the ipsilateral lobula layer 4, lobula layer 5A and lobula layer 5B (Nern et al., 2025). It sends output to the ipsilateral lobula layer 5B (Nern et al., 2025). Its predicted neurotransmitter is acetylcholine (Eckstein et al., 2024; Nern et al., 2025). There are approximately 96 of these cells per hemisphere (Nern et al., 2025).

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Li21

ID: FBbt_20007263

Adult Cholinergic Nervous system Visual system

Cell type identified in multiple EM datasets (Matsliah et al., 2025; Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024; Nern et al., 2025). Synapse locations are given where each cell of this type in neuprint has at least 10 connections. Other information from Nern et al. (2025) supplements.

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## Classification

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receives synaptic input in region: lobula layer 4, lobula layer 5A, lobula layer 5B
sends synaptic output to region: lobula layer 5B

Alternative Names

Synonym	Scope	Reference
Li05	related synonym	Nern et al., 2025
Li21	exact synonym	Berg et al., 2025
Li05	exact synonym	Bates et al., 2025
Li05	exact synonym	Schlegel et al., 2024
Li21	exact synonym	Nern et al., 2025
Li05	exact synonym
CB3848	related synonym	Nern et al., 2025
CB3848	related synonym	Schlegel et al., 2024
Li05	related synonym	Matsliah et al., 2024

List all available images of Li21 (605 total)

Thumbnail	Name	Tags
	Li21_L (MaleCNS:544201)	Nervous_system, Visual_system, Adult, Cholinergic
	Li21_R (MaleCNS:50450)	Nervous_system, Visual_system, Adult, Cholinergic
	Li21_R (MaleCNS:575730)	Nervous_system, Visual_system, Adult, Cholinergic
	Li21_R (MaleCNS:70848)	Nervous_system, Visual_system, Adult, Cholinergic
	Li21_R (MaleCNS:70848)	Nervous_system, Visual_system, Adult, Cholinergic