MC64 [FBbt_00051218]

MC64

ID: FBbt_00051218

Medulla columnar neuron that projects into the central brain to terminate in the intermediate zone of the anterior optic tubercle (AOTU) (Omoto et al., 2017; Hulse et al., 2021). Its dendritic arbors are found in medulla layer M6, in a different sublayer than the MC61 cells, and also in medulla layers M2 and M8 (Timaeus et al., 2020).

Timaeus et al. (2020) say that these cells also innervate the lobula, but do not reference a figure or paper and it is not clear whether this is a subset or the whole population. Timaeus et al. (2020) also say that these cells do not appear to follow a topographic organization between the medulla and AOTU, but topographic organization was seen by Garner et al. (2024).