Physical forces are ubiquitous in biological processes across scales and diverse contexts.
This review highlights the significance of mechanical forces in nervous system development …

Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is an emerging clinical imaging modality for
characterizing the viscoelastic properties of soft biological tissues. MRE shows great …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neuroinflammatory disease that involves both white and
gray matter. Although gray matter damage is a major contributor to disability in MS patients …

Abstract Knowledge of the brain's structure and function is essential for understanding
processes in health and disease. Histochemical and fluorescence-based techniques have …

Widespread neurodegeneration, enlargement of cerebral ventricles, and atrophy of cortical
and hippocampal brain structures are classic hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

Optical coherence microscopy (OCM) has shown the importance of imaging ex vivo brain
slices at the microscopic level for a better understanding of the disease pathology and …

Spinal cord injuries have devastating consequences for humans, as mammalian neurons of
the central nervous system (CNS) cannot regenerate. In the peripheral nervous system …

Mechanically, the brain is characterized by both solid and fluid properties. The resulting
unique material behavior fosters proliferation, differentiation, and repair of cellular and …

Mechanical properties of brain tissues are from principal features from different points of
view; diagnosis, the performance of the brain and neurological disorders. Particularly …

Mechanical phenotyping of tumors, either at an individual cell level or tumor cell population
level is gaining traction as a diagnostic tool. However, the extent of diagnostic and …