EPG [FBbt_00047030]

Small field neuron of the central complex with dendritic and axonal arbors in the inner, outer and posterior layers of either a half or a full ellipsoid body (EB) slice (wedge), and axon terminals in the dorsal or ventral gall and a single protocerebral bridge glomerulus (excluding glomerulus 9) (Lin et al., 2013; Wolff et al., 2015). Neurons that target odd or even numbered protocerebral bridge glomeruli target the dorsal or ventral gall, respectively (Lin et al., 2013; Wolff et al., 2015). These neurons receive inhibitory input from delta 7 (PB 18 glomeruli) neurons and they are cholinergic (Turner-Evans et al., 2020). These cells output to P-EN1 neurons and P-EG neurons of the same glomerulus in the protocerebral bridge, and form less specific ‘hyper-local’ feedback loops with P-EN1 neurons in the EB (Turner-Evans et al., 2020). It also receives input from R4d ring neurons and P-EN2 neurons in the EB (Turner-Evans et al., 2020).
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EPG

ID: FBbt_00047030

Adult Cholinergic Nervous system secondary neuron

Small field neuron of the central complex with dendritic and axonal arbors in the inner, outer and posterior layers of either a half or a full ellipsoid body (EB) slice (wedge), and axon terminals in the dorsal or ventral gall and a single protocerebral bridge glomerulus (excluding glomerulus 9) (Lin et al., 2013; Wolff et al., 2015). Neurons that target odd or even numbered protocerebral bridge glomeruli target the dorsal or ventral gall, respectively (Lin et al., 2013; Wolff et al., 2015). These neurons receive inhibitory input from delta 7 (PB 18 glomeruli) neurons and they are cholinergic (Turner-Evans et al., 2020). These cells output to P-EN1 neurons and P-EG neurons of the same glomerulus in the protocerebral bridge, and form less specific 'hyper-local' feedback loops with P-EN1 neurons in the EB (Turner-Evans et al., 2020). It also receives input from R4d ring neurons and P-EN2 neurons in the EB (Turner-Evans et al., 2020).

Based on images/diagrams in Lin et al. (2013), Wolff et al. (2015) and Turner-Evans et al. (2020), these appear to innervate the ipsilateral PB and contralateral gall, but could not find confirmation of this - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1373-1705.

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Alternative Names

Synonym Scope Reference
compass neuron broad synonym Turner-Evans et al., 2017
EB-PB 1 glomerulus-D/Vgall neuron exact synonym
E-PG neuron exact synonym Wolff and Rubin, 2018
EPG exact synonym Bates et al., 2025
EB-IDFP D/VSB-PB 1 glomerulus neuron exact synonym Lin et al., 2013
EPG exact synonym Wolff and Rubin, 2018
PBG1-8.b-EBw.s-D/Vgall.b neuron exact synonym Wolff et al., 2015
EPG exact synonym Berg et al., 2025
EPG exact synonym Schlegel et al., 2024
ellipsoid body-protocerebral bridge and gall neuron related synonym Turner-Evans et al., 2017
EPG exact synonym Scheffer et al., 2020
EB-PB-gall neuron related synonym