A comprehensive experimental study on material properties of human brain tissue

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 2795-2801

  Jin, Xin ^a   Zhu, Feng ^a   Mao, Haojie ^a   Shen, Ming ^a   Yang, King H ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Human brain tissue; Material properties; Shear; Tension

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL RESPONSE; COMPRESSION AND SHEAR; HUMAN BRAIN; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; STRAIN RATE DEPENDENCY; TENSION; TENSION AND COMPRESSION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES;

COMPACTION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; SHEAR FLOW; SHEARING; STRAIN RATE; TISSUE;

BRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSION; THALAMUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

COMPRESSION; HUMAN BRAIN TISSUE; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; SHEAR; TENSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BRAIN; CADAVER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THALAMUS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84887404548     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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