Movie 5

Microglia rapidly engulf PI+ cells after brain injury. Time-lapse imaging shows a microglial cell as it approaches and engulfs a PI+ cell after tectal injury in a mpeg1:GFP animal. The movie was recorded from 30 to 66 min following injury. Scale bar, 15 μm.

Rapid clearance of cellular debris by microglia limits secondary neuronal cell death after brain injury in vivo

Chiara Herzog, Laura Pons Garcia, Marcus Keatinge, David Greenald, Christian Moritz, Francesca Peri, and Leah Herrgen

Development 2019. 146:None-None; doi: 10.1242/dev.174698