lobula plate layer 2

ID: FBbt_00003887

Adult Nervous system Synaptic neuropil subdomain Visual system

Layer of the lobula plate that is second-closest to the second optic chiasm (Fischbach and Dittrich, 1989. Terminals of T4b and T5b are found in this layer (Fischbach and Dittrich, 1989. Neurons in this layer are sensitive to diagonal back-to-front motion, i.e. back top to front bottom or back bottom to front top (Henning et al., 2022. (Fischbach and Dittrich, 1989, Buchner et al., 1984, Henning et al., 2022)

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SynonymScopeReference
LOP_R_layer_2related synonymBerg et al., 2025, Nern et al., 2025
LOP_L_layer_2related synonymBerg et al., 2025, name_in_male-cns
layer Lop2exact synonymFischbach and Dittrich, 1989
lobula plate layer Bexact synonymHenning et al., 2022
back-to-front-layerexact synonymBausenwein et al., 1990

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