adult ipc-1 neuron [FBbt_00047843]

adult ipc-1 neuron

ID: FBbt_00047843

Ion transport peptide (ITP)-expressing neuron with its cell body in the adult pars lateralis (Dircksen et al., 2008). It sends axons to the corpus cardiacum and corpus allatum (Dircksen et al., 2008) via the nervus corporis cardiaci (McKim et al., 2024). Some of these cells project to the thoracic neuromeres and one follows the crop duct, terminating in the region around the salivary glands (Dircksen et al., 2008). Unlike the larval ipc-1 cells, the adult cells also express short neuropeptide F (sNPF) and Tachykinin (Tk) (Kahsai et al., 2010). There are four of these cells per hemisphere (Dircksen et al., 2008; McKim et al., 2024).

These are the same as the anterior leucokinin neurons (Zandawala et al., 2018), they express an Lk-GAL4, but Lk expression is not apparent with antibody staining (de Haro et al., 2010; Zandawala et al., 2018).