Astrocytes gather cell corpses and engulf cell debris after scratch injury.

<p>(A) An astrocyte (red A) gathers dead cells (yellow arrowheads) by adhering to the dead cells with its processes' before dragging the dead cells towards the cell body. First picture is taken 40 minutes after injury and time indicated for each picture is time lapsed after the first image. Scale bar = 20 µm, the dashed lines represent the scratch. (B) An astrocyte (red A) actively gathers and engulfs cell debris (yellow arrowhead) that directly after engulfment appears in a vacuole within the astrocyte. First picture is taken 10 h, 40 minutes after injury and time indicated in the pictures is time lapsed after the first image. Scale bar = 10 µm.