EW2 neuron [FBbt_00001584]

Serotonergic interneuron of embryonic/larval abdominal segments A1-A7. Its contralateral branch forms a complex pattern at the ventral border of the contralateral neuropil that extends along the lateral margins. Its ipsilateral branch seems to fasciculate with the respective neurite of the serotonergic abdominal medial neuron and follows a similar pathway, though extending a contralateral neurite about mid-level in the dorso-ventral and anterior-posterior axis. This neurite extends a short way anterior along a midline tract. It is born from the second-born ganglion mother cell of the 7-3 lineage (GMC 7-3b). (Dittrich et al., 1997, Isshiki et al., 2001, Lundell and Hirsh, 1998, Chen and Condron, 2008)