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Neural Tissue Biomechanics

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Lynne E. Bilston

    1. Medical Research Institute, Prince of Wales, Randwick, Australia

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  • Gives a complete and quantitative description of the fundamental mechanical properties of neural tissues
  • Provides a comprehensive reference for professionals
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Part of the book series: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials (SMTEB, volume 3)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. An Introduction to the Biomechanics of the Nervous System

    • Lynne E. Bilston
    Pages 1-9

  3. Brain Tissue Mechanical Properties

    • Lynne E. Bilston
    Pages 11-24

  4. Spinal Cord Mechanical Properties

    • Elizabeth C. Clarke
    Pages 25-40

  5. Constitutive Modelling of Brain Tissue for Prediction of Traumatic Brain Injury

    • J. A. W. van Dommelen, M. Hrapko, G. W. M. Peters
    Pages 41-67

  6. Modeling of the Brain for Injury Prevention

    • King H. Yang, Haojie Mao, Christina Wagner, Feng Zhu, Clifford C. Chou, Albert I. King
    Pages 69-120

  7. Neural Tissue Biomechanics: Biomechanics and Models of Structural Neurological Disorders

    • Shaokoon Cheng
    Pages 121-134

  8. Computational Biomechanics of the Brain; Application to Neuroimage Registration

    • Karol Miller, Adam Wittek, Grand Joldes, Jiajie Ma, Ben Jamin Zwick
    Pages 135-157

  9. Biomechanical Aspects of Spinal Cord Injury

    • Thomas R. Oxland, Timothy Bhatnagar, Anthony M. Choo, Marcel F. Dvorak, Wolfram Tetzlaff, Peter A. Cripton
    Pages 159-180

  10. Modelling of Spinal Cord Biomechanics: In Vitro and Computational Approaches

    • Cecilia Persson, Jon L. Summers, Richard M. Hall
    Pages 181-201

  11. Nerve and Nerve Root Biomechanics

    • Kristen J. Nicholson, Beth A. Winkelstein
    Pages 203-229

  12. Mechanotransduction in the Nervous System

    • Lynne E. Bilston, Cheryl L. Stucky
    Pages 231-245

  13. In Vitro Models for Biomechanical Studies of Neural Tissues

    • Barclay Morrison III, D. Kacy Cullen, Michelle LaPlaca
    Pages 247-285

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 287-288
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Damage to the central nervous system resulting from pathological mechanical loading can occur as a result of trauma or disease. Such injuries lead to significant disability and mortality. The peripheral nervous system, while also subject to injury from trauma and disease, also transduces physiological loading to give rise to sensation, and mechanotransduction is also thought to play a role in neural development and growth. This book gives a complete and quantitative description of the fundamental mechanical properties of neural tissues, and their responses to both physiological and pathological loading. This book reviews the methods used to characterize the nonlinear viscoelastic properties of central and peripheral neural tissues, and the mathematical and sophisticated computational models used to describe this behaviour. Mechanisms and models of neural injury from both trauma and disease are reviewed from the molecular to macroscopic scale. The book provides a comprehensive picture of the mechanical and biological response of neural tissues to the full spectrum of mechanical loading to which they are exposed. This book provides a comprehensive reference for professionals involved in pre prevention of injury to the nervous system, whether this arises from trauma or disease.

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“This textbook discusses the biomechanics of brain and spinal cord injuries inc. trauma via blunt force, tumors, & hemorrhage. … This book has an international authorship and will be requisite studies for neurosurgeons, orthopaedics, and neurologists. It will be appropriate for graduate students as well.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, December, 2013)

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  • Medical Research Institute, Prince of Wales, Randwick, Australia

    Lynne E. Bilston

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