neuroblast NB5-2 [FBbt_00001376]

neuroblast NB5-2

ID: FBbt_00001376

Neuroblast that delaminates at stage 1 in the medial column (Hartenstein and Campos-Ortega, 1984). It generates a single motorneuron innervating muscle 12 via the SNb and a large number of interneurons, which constitute most of the posterior commissure (Schmid et al., 1999). In the embryo, one of these cells can be found in each hemisegment from S2-A8 (Birkholz et al., 2013; Urbach et al., 2016). In the larva, it resumes proliferation in at least S3-A7 (Lacin and Truman, 2016). The neurons that develop from this neuroblast after larval hatching form postembryonic lineage 6 (Lacin and Truman, 2016).

This is equivalent to the 'ventromedial neuroblast' of Truman and Bate (1988) - FBrf0047815, due to existence in A2-7 and its relatively medial location (Lacin and Truman, 2016). Lacin and Truman (2016) do not show data for neuromeres anterior to S3 (labial) or posterior to A7.