OA-VUMa7 [FBbt_00047936]

Octopaminergic neuron of the VUMa cluster. Its axons emerge from ramifications surrounding the esophagus foramen in the posterior slope. It sends one secondary neurite along the midline from the esophagus and this bifurcates ventral to the ellipsoid body and starts to ramify in both hemispheres. This single-sided secondary neurite that projects in parallel to the midline is a unique feature of this neuron. The emerging symmetric projections ramify in the anterior area of the medial and lateral protocerebra. In the posterior slope one neurite projects from the ventrolateral esophagus to the inferior lateral protocerebrum (Busch et al., 2009. (Busch et al., 2009)

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OA-VUMa7

ID: FBbt_00047936

Adult Nervous system Octopaminergic

The neurotransmitter was assessed by immunostaining with an anti-octopamine (OA) antibody in cells labelled with tdc2-GAL4 (FBti0101786) and NP7088-GAL4 (FBti0037217) (Busch et al., 2009.

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Classification

octopaminergic VUMa neuron

Relationships

has synaptic IO in region: inferior neuropils, superior neuropils

Alternative Names

Synonym	Scope	Reference
OA-VUMa7	related synonym	Bates et al., 2025, Scheffer et al., 2020, Schlegel et al., 2024, name_in_banc
octopamine - ventral unpaired median anterior neuron 7	exact synonym	Scheffer et al., 2020
OA-VUMa7	exact synonym	Busch et al., 2009
ascending ventral unpaired median neuron 7	exact synonym