ScerGAL4NP7088 drives expression in a pattern similar to that of ScerGAL4Tdc2.PS, labeling most of the ScerGAL4Tdc2.PS-expressing neurons in the thoracic and abdominal segments of the larval ventral nerve cord, though not those in the brain and subesophageal ganglion.
ScerGAL4NP7088 drives expression in several clusters of cells in the adult, in a total of 333 cells per hemisphere. These clusters include the octopaminergic neurons VM (34 cells) and AL2 (11 cells). In addition, ScerGAL4NP7088 labels cells in the middle inferior lateral protocerebrum (MIL cluster, 97 cells), middle superior medial protocerebrum (MSM cluster, 12 cells), posterior lateral protocerebrum (PL cluster, 19 cells), and in the lateral subesophageal ganglion (SOG cluster, 18 cells).
Inhibition (using shi1.UAS at 33[o]C) of Scer\GAL4NP7088 cells in adults during testing does not affect medium term (3 h) aversive olfactory memory, compared to controls.