FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
CV Term Report
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Term CNS glial cell ID (Ontology) FBbt:00001256 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Glial cell of the central nervous system.[ FlyBase:FBrf0206543 ]
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VFB:FBbt_00001256
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Data Class Field Records
Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      20
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION      51
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       7
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 Alleles Genes  Insertions Constructs
 CNS glial cell (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      27      9      1     52     10
     CNS glial cell | adult stage | increased number       2       --       --       --       1
     CNS glial cell | decreased number | larval stage       2       --       --       --       1
     CNS glial cell | ectopic | somatic clone       1       --       --       --       --
     CNS glial cell | increased number | larval stage       2       --       --       --       1
     CNS glial cell | larval stage       3       --       --       --       2
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   |__glial cell
       |__CNS glial cell  1606 rec.
           |__adult CNS glial cell 569 rec.
           |   |__adult brain surface glial cell(+) 129 rec.
           |   |__adult cell body glial cell(+) 98 rec.
           |   |__adult neuropil glial cell(+) 245 rec.
           |   |__adult optic lobe glial cell(+) 227 rec.
           |   |__adult subesophageal lateral glial cell 2 rec.
           |   |__adult VNC perineurial glial cell 7 rec.
           |__cell body glial cell 276 rec.
           |   |__adult cell body glial cell(+) 98 rec.
           |   |__embryonic/larval cell body glial cell(+) 148 rec.
           |   |__optic-lobe-associated cortex glial cell 20 rec.
           |__CNS surface glial cell 597 rec.
           |   |__adult brain surface glial cell(+) 129 rec.
           |   |__CNS perineurial glial cell(+) 73 rec.
           |   |__CNS subperineurial glial cell(+) 118 rec.
           |   |__embryonic central brain surface glial cell 72 rec.
           |   |__embryonic/larval eye disc marginal glial cell 3 rec.
           |   |__larval channel glial cell(+) 41 rec.
           |__developing satellite glial cell 7 rec.
           |   |__developing distal satellite glial cell
           |   |__developing proximal satellite glial cell
           |__embryonic anterior midline glial cell
           |__embryonic central brain glial cell 207 rec.
           |   |__embryonic anterior deutocerebral subperineurial glial cell
           |   |__embryonic basal procephalic longitudinal glial cell 3 rec.
           |   |__embryonic central brain surface glial cell 72 rec.
           |   |__embryonic posterior deutocerebral subperineural glial cell
           |   |__embryonic ventral procephalic subperineural glial cell
           |__embryonic dorsal procephalic subperineural glial cell 1 rec.
           |__embryonic longitudinal glial cell 138 rec.
           |   |__embryonic dorsal longitudinal glial cell 17 rec.
           |   |__embryonic lateral longitudinal glial cell 16 rec.
           |   |__embryonic ventral longitudinal glial cell 19 rec.
           |__embryonic posterior midline glial cell 25 rec.
           |__lamina anlage glial cell 37 rec.
           |__larval optic anlage palisade glial cell
           |__neuropil glial cell 478 rec.
           |   |__adult neuropil glial cell(+) 245 rec.
           |   |__astrocyte-like glial cell(+) 152 rec.
           |   |__ensheathing glial cell(+) 269 rec.
           |   |__epithelial glial cell(+) 38 rec.
           |   |__larval neuropil glial cell(+) 187 rec.
           |   |__nerve root glial cell(+) 45 rec.
           |__stomatogastric glial cell
           |__support cell of the dorsal bipolar dendritic cell 5 rec.
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VFB:FBbt_00001256