slow tibial extensor motor neuron [FBbt_00053065]

slow tibial extensor motor neuron

ID: FBbt_00053065

Tibial extensor (levator) motor neuron that has broad dendritic arbors in the ipsilateral leg neuropil, but has a less prominent medially-directed branch compared to the fast tibial extensor (Brierley et al., 2012; Azevedo et al., 2024). It is an early-born secondary neuron of lineage 24 (Brierley et al., 2012). It innervates distal fibers of the tibial levator muscle (Azevedo et al., 2024).

SETi (MN 29) pictured in Azevedo et al. (2024) judged to correspond lineage 24 secondary tibial levator in Brierley et al. (2012) based on VNC arborization pattern and targeting of distal muscle fibers.