Axons pull on the brain, but tension does not drive cortical folding

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Xu, Gang ^a   Knutsen, Andrew K ^a   Dikranian, Krikor ^b   Kroenke, Christopher D ^c   Bayly, Philip V ^a   Taber, Larry A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Differential growth; Diffusion tensor imaging; Finite element model; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICAL FOLDING; CORTICAL GROWTH; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FOLDING PATTERNS; GENERATING MECHANISM; HUMAN BRAIN; LOCAL PERTURBATION; MECHANICAL FORCE; MECHANICAL TENSION; MENTAL RETARDATION; MICRODISSECTION; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS; STRESS FIELD; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES; TISSUE STRESS; WHITE MATTER TRACTS;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; MORPHOLOGY; NEURONS; TENSORS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORTICAL FOLDING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FERRET; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GRAY MATTER; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICRODISSECTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; STRESS; TENSION; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MYELINATED NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUSTELA;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERRETS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77955105858     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001683     Document Type: Article

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