Tensile strength of cranial pia mater: Preliminary results

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 111-114

  Aimedieu, Patrick ^a,b   Grebe, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Pia mater; Stiffness; Traction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; CATTLE; ELASTICITY; LOADING TEST; MENINX; NONHUMAN; PIA MATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0346363143     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.100.1.0111     Document Type: Article

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