FB2024_03 , released June 25, 2024
FB2024_03 , released June 25, 2024
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Term lamina monopolar neuron L4 ID (Ontology) FBbt:00003722 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition A lamina monopolar neuron that arborizes in the proximal lamina, forms a spreading arbor in medulla layer M2 and a small terminal arbor in M4-M5 that penetrates adjacent columns (Fischbach and Dittrich, 1989; Takemura et al., 2008; Takemura et al., 2011). In the medulla it forms presynaptic terminals in both M2 and M4-M5 with transmedullary neuron Tm2; three L4 neurons, one from the parent column and two from the posterior ones contact the same Tm2 neuron (Takemura et al., 2008; Takemura et al., 2011). It seems to be capable of both cholinergic and GABAergic neurotransmission.[ FlyBase:FBrf0049410 FlyBase:FBrf0054529 FlyBase:FBrf0205531 FlyBase:FBrf0216925 FlyBase:FBrf0217052 FlyBase:FBrf0220286 ]
Also Known As "L4" ; "monopolar laminar cell L4" ; "monopolar laminar cell L4x" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
Comment Note, Fischbach and Dittrich (1989) have this as arborizing in M4, but we follow the more detailed analysis of Takemura and colleagues (2008) who place the terminal arbor in M5. This difference may have to do with the different ways the two papers define L4. Note also that L4x and L4y are simply a way of referring to L4 collaterals from an adjacent cartridge in descriptions of synaptic connectivity (see Meinertzhagen and O'Neil, 1991) and are not separate neurons. Connectivity in the medulla was extrapolated from serial EM of 3 columns from a single sample (Takemura et al., 2008; Takemura et al., 2011). Takemura et al. (2011) and Davis et al. (2020) report the neurotransmitter to be acetylcholine as assessed by single cell RT-PCR measurement of choline acetyltransferase (FBgn0000303) expression and scRNAseq detection of both choline acetyltransferase and vesicular acetylcholine transporter (FBgn0270928). However, Raghu et al. (2013) report this neuron to be GABAergic as assessed by the intersection of the expression of the VGAT-GAL4 driver (FBtp0069181) and an antibody against GABA.
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Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      24
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION      13
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       4
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      13
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 Alleles  Genes Insertions Constructs
 lamina monopolar neuron L4 (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      29      5      8     17     23
     lamina monopolar neuron L4 | adult stage      14       --       --       1     10
     lamina monopolar neuron L4 | adult stage | somatic clone       2       --       --       --       --
     lamina monopolar neuron L4 | pupal stage | somatic clone       1       --       --       --       --
     lamina monopolar neuron L4 | somatic clone       4       --       --       3      1
     lamina monopolar neuron L4 | somatic clone | increased number       2       --       --       --       1
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 |__adult cholinergic neuron_____________
GABAergic neuron                         |
 |__adult GABAergic neuron_______________|
optic lobe intrinsic columnar neuron     |
 |__lamina monopolar neuron______________|
adult neuron                             |
 |__adult cholinergic neuron_____________|
 |__adult GABAergic neuron_______________|
optic lobe narrow field columnar neuron  |
 |__lamina monopolar neuron______________|
                                         lamina monopolar neuron L4  82 rec.
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FlyBrain_NDB:10092
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