cell body glial cell [FBbt_00001297]

cell body glial cell

ID: FBbt_00001297

Glial cell with a nucleus amongst the neuronal cell bodies in the cell body rind. It is irregularly shaped, with processes that enclose the neuronal cell bodies.

Glial cells associated with axonal tracts (such as those associated with nerve roots) are excluded from this class of glial cells (Ito et al., 1995). Modeled as 'part of' their 'cell body rind' regions, though in practice some cell body glia have small projections into the neuropil - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1373-1705.