Mechanics in neuronal development and repair

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages 227-251

  Franze, Kristian ^a   Janmey, Paul A ^b   Guck, Jochen ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

brain; glial cells; mechanosensitivity; neurons; stiffness; viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CELLS; BUILDING BLOCKES; CHEMICAL SIGNALS; GLIAL CELLS; MECHANOSENSITIVITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURONAL DEVELOPMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI);

BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; CELL SIGNALING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICINE; REPAIR; STIFFNESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

NEURONS;

AGAROSE; CADHERIN; COLLAGEN GEL; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; LAMININ; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; NETRIN 1; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; PROTEOGLYCAN; RECEPTOR LIKE PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TENASCIN; VIMENTIN;

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; ACTIN FILAMENT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; BREAST CANCER; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CROSS LINKING; DENDRITIC SPINE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENZYME KINETICS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOW KINETICS; FOCAL ADHESION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA CELL; GRAY MATTER; GROWTH CONE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LUNG CANCER; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; MICRONEEDLE; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PC12 CELL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RELAXATION TIME; REMYELINIZATION; RHEOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; RIGIDITY; SCAR FORMATION; SCHWANN CELL; SECOND MESSENGER; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SHEAR STRESS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL GANGLION; STEADY STATE; STRESS FIBER; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE SLICE; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84880322216     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: 15454274     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-071811-150045     Document Type: Article

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