optic glomerulus FBbt_00003698
optic glomerulus
ID: FBbt_00003698
Adult Nervous system Synaptic neuropil subdomain Visual system
Small and discrete area of the ventrolateral neuropils defined by the presynaptic terminals of visual projection neurons carrying sensory information from the optic lobe (Otsuna and Ito, 2006; Wu et al., 2016. (Scheffer et al., 2020, Otsuna and Ito, 2006, Wu et al., 2016)
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Relationships
- is part of: ventrolateral neuropils, visual system
Alternative Names
| Synonym | Scope | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| optic focus | exact synonym | Strausfeld and Gronenberg, 1990, Ito et al., 2014 |