DNa12 FBbt_00051200
DNa12
ID: FBbt_00051200
Sexually-dimorphic adult descending neuron with its soma in the anterior superior protocerebrum (McKellar et al., 2019; Sturner et al., 2025). It has arbors in many brain areas, including the anterior optic tubercle, subesophageal zone, inferior bridge, inferior and superior clamp, posterior ventrolateral, superior lateral and superior medial protocerebrum and superior posterior slope (McKellar et al., 2019. This arborization is predominantly ipsilateral, but one branch also crosses the midline in the supraesophageal ganglion (McKellar et al., 2019. It also innervates all ventral nerve cord neuromeres ipsilaterally (McKellar et al., 2019. The structure is quite similar in males and females, but there are some small differences in branching in the brain (McKellar et al., 2019. It innervates motor areas for the proboscis, legs and abdomen (McKellar et al., 2019. There is one of these cells per hemisphere and it elicits proboscis extension, more potently in males than females, and simultaneous movement of all legs (McKellar et al., 2019. (Stürner et al., 2025, McKellar et al., 2019)
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Relationships
- bearer of: bilateral
- capable_of_part_of: courtship behavior, locomotion
- has synaptic IO in region: adult abdominal neuromere, adult mesothoracic neuromere, adult metathoracic neuromere, adult prothoracic neuromere, adult subesophageal zone, anterior optic tubercle, inferior bridge, inferior clamp, posterior ventrolateral protocerebrum, superior clamp, superior lateral protocerebrum, superior medial protocerebrum, superior posterior slope
Alternative Names
| Synonym | Scope | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| DNa12 | related synonym | Bates et al., 2025, name_in_banc, Schlegel et al., 2024 |
| DNa12 | exact synonym | Stürner et al., 2025 |
| adult aSP22 descending neuron | exact synonym | Stürner et al., 2025 |
| DNxn004 | exact synonym | Stürner et al., 2025 |
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