adult female reproductive tract mechanosensory neuron [FBbt_00049944]

adult female reproductive tract mechanosensory neuron

ID: FBbt_00049944

Mechanosensory neuron of the female reproductive tract that responds to the distention of the tract (Gou et al., 2014. There is one cell body of these cells on each lateral oviduct, 3 on either side of the base of the common oviduct (Gou et al., 2014, and a cluster of them in the ovipositor (Wang et al., 2020. They have large dendrites that tile the surface of the reproductive tract and they project to the abdominal ganglion (Gou et al., 2014. (Shao et al., 2019, Gou et al., 2014, Wang et al., 2020)

Gou et al., 2014 and Wang et al., 2020 focus on ppk neurons, but Shao et al., 2019 find a ppk- piezo+ type.