sheathing

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Further tests revealed that artificial reduction of PI3k levels led to both insulin resistance and low Draper levels in ensheathing glia.

From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2023

They also looked at the fly equivalent of microglia, called ensheathing glia, whose primary function is to remove neural debris, such as degenerating axons.

From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2023

Finally, they showed that after actually damaging olfactory neurons, the ensheathing glia could not remove the degenerating axons in the flies on the high sugar diet because their Draper levels did not increase.

From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2023

A third contingent theorizes that the bridge of nerve tissue taken from Fidyka’s lower leg—not the olfactory ensheathing cells—deserves the credit.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 25, 2016

Indeed, for centuries the glands were not given a separate status as organs, but were passed up as part of the fat ensheathing the kidney.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.