Li16 [FBbt_20011407]

Adult lobula intrinsic neuron of the Li16 group (Nern et al., 2025). It receives input in the ipsilateral lobula layer 3, lobula layer 4, lobula layer 6, lobula layer 5A and lobula layer 5B (Nern et al., 2025). It sends output to the ipsilateral lobula layer 4, lobula layer 6, lobula layer 5A and lobula layer 5B (Nern et al., 2025). Its predicted neurotransmitter is glutamate (Eckstein et al., 2024; Nern et al., 2025). There are approximately 2 of these cells per hemisphere (Nern et al., 2025). The pair of them form a jigsaw pattern, tiling the neuropil (Matsliah et al., 2024).

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Li16

ID: FBbt_20011407

Adult Glutamatergic Nervous system Visual system

Cell type identified in multiple EM datasets (Matsliah et al., 2025; Schlegel et al., 2024; Dorkenwald et al., 2024; Nern et al., 2025). Synapse locations are given where each cell of this type in neuprint has at least 10 connections. Other information from Nern et al. (2025) supplements.

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## Classification

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receives synaptic input in region: lobula layer 3, lobula layer 4, lobula layer 5A, lobula layer 5B, lobula layer 6
sends synaptic output to region: lobula layer 4, lobula layer 5A, lobula layer 5B, lobula layer 6

Alternative Names

Synonym	Scope	Reference
Li16	exact synonym	Berg et al., 2025
Li28	exact synonym	Bates et al., 2025
Li28	exact synonym	Schlegel et al., 2024
Li16	exact synonym	Nern et al., 2025
Li16	exact synonym
Li28	related synonym	Nern et al., 2025
Li28	related synonym	Matsliah et al., 2024

List all available images of Li16 (12 total)

Thumbnail	Name	Tags
	LO.5425	Nervous_system, Glutamatergic, Adult, Visual_system
	Li16_L (MaleCNS:20524)	Nervous_system, Glutamatergic, Adult, Visual_system
	Li16_L (MaleCNS:22715)	Nervous_system, Glutamatergic, Adult, Visual_system
	Li16_R (MaleCNS:11394)	Nervous_system, Glutamatergic, Visual_system, Adult
	Li16_R (MaleCNS:11689)	Nervous_system, Glutamatergic, Adult, Visual_system