Brain stiffness increases with myelin content

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 42, Issue , 2016, Pages 265-272

  Weickenmeier, J ^a   de Rooij, R ^a   Budday, S ^b   Steinmann, P ^b   Ovaert, T C ^c   Kuhl, E ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Indentation; Mechanical testing; Myelin; Soft matter; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CORRELATION METHODS; MECHANICAL TESTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEURONS; TISSUE;

MECHANICAL; MECHANISTICS; MYELIN; NEURONAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL PROPAGATION; SOFT MATTER; STIFFNESS INCREASE; STIFFNESS VALUES; TISSUE MICROSTRUCTURES; WHITE MATTER;

STIFFNESS;

DYE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; LUXOL FAST BLUE; MYELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HISTOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STIFFNESS; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; GRAY MATTER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELINATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BOVINE; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MYELIN SHEATH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BRAIN; CATTLE; MYELIN SHEATH; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84979779204     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.07.040     Document Type: Article

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