Mechanistic insights into human brain impact dynamics through modal analysis

K Laksari, M Kurt, H Babaee, S Kleiven, D Camarillo - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
Although concussion is one of the greatest health challenges today, our physical
understanding of the cause of injury is limited. In this Letter, we simulated football head …

Mild traumatic brain injury produces neuron loss that can be rescued by modulating microglial activation using a CB2 receptor inverse agonist

W Bu, H Ren, Y Deng, N Del Mar, NM Guley… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
We have previously reported that mild TBI created by focal left-side cranial blast in mice
produces widespread axonal injury, microglial activation, and a variety of functional deficits …

A knowledge map analysis of brain biomechanics: Current evidence and future directions

F Eskandari, M Shafieian, MM Aghdam, K Laksari - Clinical Biomechanics, 2020 - Elsevier
Although brain, one of the most complex organs in the mammalian body, has been
subjected to many studies from physiological and pathological points of view, there remain …

Tension strain-softening and compression strain-stiffening behavior of brain white matter

F Eskandari, M Shafieian, MM Aghdam… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
Brain, the most important component of the central nervous system (CNS), is a soft tissue
with a complex structure. Understanding the role of brain tissue microstructure in mechanical …

A novel closed-head model of mild traumatic brain injury using focal primary overpressure blast to the cranium in mice

NH Guley, JT Rogers, NA Del Mar, Y Deng… - Journal of …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) from focal head impact is the most common form of TBI in
humans. Animal models, however, typically use direct impact to the exposed dura or skull, or …

Multi-directional dynamic model for traumatic brain injury detection

K Laksari, M Fanton, LC Wu, TH Nguyen… - Journal of …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Given the worldwide adverse impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on the human population,
its diagnosis and prediction are of utmost importance. Historically, many studies have …

Visco-hyperelastic characterization of human brain white matter micro-level constituents in different strain rates

M Ramzanpour, M Hosseini-Farid, J McLean… - Medical & Biological …, 2020 - Springer
In this study, we propose a computational characterization technique for obtaining the
material properties of axons and extracellular matrix (ECM) in human brain white matter. To …

Blast preconditioning protects retinal ganglion cells and reveals targets for prevention of neurodegeneration following blast-mediated traumatic brian injury

MM Harper, AW Woll, LP Evans… - … & visual science, 2019 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of multiple blast exposures and
blast preconditioning on the structure and function of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), to …

[HTML][HTML] Shear shock formation in incompressible viscoelastic solids

H Berjamin, S Chockalingam - Wave Motion, 2022 - Elsevier
Experiments have shown that shear waves induced in brain tissue can develop into shock
waves, thus providing a possible explanation of deep traumatic brain injuries. Here, we …

Characterisation of human diaphragm at high strain rate loading

P Gaur, A Chawla, K Verma, S Mukherjee… - Journal of the …, 2016 - Elsevier
Motor vehicle crashes (MVC׳ s) commonly results in life threating thoracic and abdominal
injuries. Finite element models are becoming an important tool in analyzing automotive …