ensheathing glial cell [FBbt_00047836]

Polarized glial cell with a flattened cell body that forms a sheath around the synaptic and tract neuropil regions (Hartenstein, 2011; Pogodalla et al., 2021. They may serve a homologous function to the wrapping glia, which ensheath the peripheral nerves (Kremer et al., 2017. (Hartenstein, 2011, Kremer et al., 2017, Otto et al., 2018, Pogodalla et al., 2021)