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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Comp Neurol. 2016 Jul 11;525(2):363–379. doi: 10.1002/cne.24069

Table 2.

DA neuron clusters (first column: larval clusters; second column: adult clusters), neuron type (primary or secondary; third column), associated lineages (fourth column; upper term: nomenclature after Pereanu and Hartenstein, 2006; lower term in green: Nomenclature after), and main projections in neuropil (fifth column)

Larval Cluster Adult Cluster Neuron Type Lineage Innervation
DL1 PPL1 CP2/3
DL1/2
Vertical Lobe of Mushroom Body (VL)
Superior Medial Protocerebrum (SMP)
Anterior Inferior Protocerebrum (IPa)
Superior Lateral Protocerebrum and Lateral Horn (SLP, LH; CPLd in Larva)
DL2a PPL2a BLVa1/2
LHa2/4
Calyx of Mushroom Body (CA)
Superior Lateral Protocerebrum (SLP)
Calyx of Mushroom Body (CA)
DL2b PPL2b BLVa
LHa
Lobula Complex (LO)
Superior Lateral Protocerebrum (SLP)
Ventromedial Cerebrum (VMC)
DM1a PPM1a DPMm1
DM1
Subesophageal Zone (SEZ)
Ventromedial Cerebrum (VMC)
Subesophageal Zone (SEZ)
Lateral Accessory Lobe (LAL)
DM1b PPM1b DPMl1
PSp3
Ventromedial Cerebrum (VMC)
Subesophageal Zone (SEZ)
DM2 PPM2 DPMpm1/2 *
PPM3 DM2/3
CM4
DM4
Central Complex (CC)
Lateral Accessory Lobe (LAL)
Bulb (BU)
Ventromedial Cerebrum (VMC)
Superior Medial Protocerebrum (SMP)
PAL1 DPLam Ventromedial Cerebrum (VMC)
PAM1 VLPd2
DALcm1/2
CREa2
Medial Lobe of Mushroom Body (ML)
Superior Medial Protocerebrum (SMP)
Anterior Inferior Protocerebrum (IPa)
D1 BAlc
ALl1
Antennal Lobe (AL)
T1 BAmv1/2
LALv1 or
VESa2
Ventromedial Cerebrum (VMC)