General Information
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Term |
anterior optic tubercle |
ID (Ontology) |
FBbt:00007059 (Fly Anatomy) |
Definition |
Synaptic neuropil domain of the adult protocerebrum that receives extensive arborizations from visual projection neurons from the lobula and the medulla, projecting via the anterior optic tract. It protrudes from the anterior-most area of the ventro-lateral neuropils and is slightly detached from the ventro-lateral protocerebrum. This neuropil is absent from the larval brain, being formed during pupal development.[ FlyBase:FBrf0211016 FlyBase:FBrf0224194 ] |
Also Known As |
"AOTU" ; "optic tubercle" ; "OPTU" (for all, see Synonyms field below) |
Comment |
Otsuna and Ito (2006) suggest that the optic tubercle may be divided into three regions according to the density of arborizations. The medial-most (optu1) and lateral-most (optu3) contain dense arborizations of the Lcn10 neurons, whilst the area between these regions (optu2) is essentially devoid of the lobula columnar neurons. |
Links to Extrernal Ontologies
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VFB:FBbt_00007059
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Annotations
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Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS
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Records annotated with this exact term (annotations to child terms are NOT included)
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Data Class | Field | Records |
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Insertions (FBti) | EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION | 6 |
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Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records
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Full annotation statements | Relevant FlyBase reports |
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Genes | Insertions | Constructs |
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anterior optic tubercle (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements) | 2 | 6 | 3086 |
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