Neural Tissue Biomechanics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bilston, Lynne E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials, 3
• Subjects: Engineering.; Neurosciences.; Neurology.; Continuum mechanics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomaterials.; Biomedical Engineering.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.

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 physiologic...