Mechanics of the brain: perspectives, challenges, and opportunities

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 931-965

  Goriely, Alain ^a   Geers, Marc G D ^b   Holzapfel, Gerhard A ^c   Jayamohan, Jayaratnam ^d   Jérusalem, Antoine ^a   Sivaloganathan, Sivabal ^e   Squier, Waney ^d   van Dommelen, Johannes A W ^b   Waters, Sarah ^a   Kuhl, Ellen ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Electrochemistry; Electromechanics; Fluid mechanics; Solid mechanics; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUID MECHANICS; NEUROSURGERY; STRAIN RATE;

'CURRENT; BIOCHEMICAL ACTIVITY; BRAIN ACTIVITY; ELECTRO-MECHANICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; HUMAN BRAIN; MECHANICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SOLID MECHANICS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES;

BRAIN;

AGYRIA; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MATHEMATICS; MICROGYRIA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STRESS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TUMOR GROWTH; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84941315621     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16177940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-015-0662-4     Document Type: Article

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