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Stilgoe A, Favre-Bulle IA, Watson ML, Gomez-Godinez V, Berns MW, Preece D, Rubinsztein-Dunlop H. Shining Light in Mechanobiology: Optical Tweezers, Scissors, and Beyond. ACS PHOTONICS 2024; 11:917-940. [PMID: 38523746 PMCID: PMC10958612 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c00064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
Abstract
Mechanobiology helps us to decipher cell and tissue functions by looking at changes in their mechanical properties that contribute to development, cell differentiation, physiology, and disease. Mechanobiology sits at the interface of biology, physics and engineering. One of the key technologies that enables characterization of properties of cells and tissue is microscopy. Combining microscopy with other quantitative measurement techniques such as optical tweezers and scissors, gives a very powerful tool for unraveling the intricacies of mechanobiology enabling measurement of forces, torques and displacements at play. We review the field of some light based studies of mechanobiology and optical detection of signal transduction ranging from optical micromanipulation-optical tweezers and scissors, advanced fluorescence techniques and optogenentics. In the current perspective paper, we concentrate our efforts on elucidating interesting measurements of forces, torques, positions, viscoelastic properties, and optogenetics inside and outside a cell attained when using structured light in combination with optical tweezers and scissors. We give perspective on the field concentrating on the use of structured light in imaging in combination with tweezers and scissors pointing out how novel developments in quantum imaging in combination with tweezers and scissors can bring to this fast growing field.
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- Alexander
B. Stilgoe
- School of
Mathematics and Physics, The University
of Queensland, Brisbane, 4074, Australia
- ARC
CoE for Engineered Quantum Systems, The
University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4074, Australia
- ARC
CoE in Quantum Biotechnology, The University
of Queensland, 4074, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of
Mathematics and Physics, The University
of Queensland, Brisbane, 4074, Australia
- Queensland
Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4074, Australia
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- School of
Mathematics and Physics, The University
of Queensland, Brisbane, 4074, Australia
- ARC
CoE for Engineered Quantum Systems, The
University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4074, Australia
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- Institute
of Engineering and Medicine, University
of California San Diego, San Diego, California 92093, United States
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- Institute
of Engineering and Medicine, University
of California San Diego, San Diego, California 92093, United States
- Beckman
Laser Institute, University of California
Irvine, Irvine, California 92612, United States
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- Beckman
Laser Institute, University of California
Irvine, Irvine, California 92612, United States
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- School of
Mathematics and Physics, The University
of Queensland, Brisbane, 4074, Australia
- ARC
CoE for Engineered Quantum Systems, The
University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4074, Australia
- ARC
CoE in Quantum Biotechnology, The University
of Queensland, 4074, Brisbane, Australia
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Akula SK, Exposito-Alonso D, Walsh CA. Shaping the brain: The emergence of cortical structure and folding. Dev Cell 2023; 58:2836-2849. [PMID: 38113850 PMCID: PMC10793202 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 04/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
Abstract
The cerebral cortex-the brain's covering and largest region-has increased in size and complexity in humans and supports higher cognitive functions such as language and abstract thinking. There is a growing understanding of the human cerebral cortex, including the diversity and number of cell types that it contains, as well as of the developmental mechanisms that shape cortical structure and organization. In this review, we discuss recent progress in our understanding of molecular and cellular processes, as well as mechanical forces, that regulate the folding of the cerebral cortex. Advances in human genetics, coupled with experimental modeling in gyrencephalic species, have provided insights into the central role of cortical progenitors in the gyrification and evolutionary expansion of the cerebral cortex. These studies are essential for understanding the emergence of structural and functional organization during cortical development and the pathogenesis of neurodevelopmental disorders associated with cortical malformations.
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- Shyam K Akula
- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Allen Discovery Center for Human Brain Evolution, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Allen Discovery Center for Human Brain Evolution, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Allen Discovery Center for Human Brain Evolution, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA.
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Walter C, Balouchzadeh R, Garcia KE, Kroenke CD, Pathak A, Bayly PV. Multi-scale measurement of stiffness in the developing ferret brain. Sci Rep 2023; 13:20583. [PMID: 37996465 PMCID: PMC10667369 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47900-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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Cortical folding is an important process during brain development, and aberrant folding is linked to disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. Changes in cell numbers, size, and morphology have been proposed to exert forces that control the folding process, but these changes may also influence the mechanical properties of developing brain tissue. Currently, the changes in tissue stiffness during brain folding are unknown. Here, we report stiffness in the developing ferret brain across multiple length scales, emphasizing changes in folding cortical tissue. Using rheometry to measure the bulk properties of brain tissue, we found that overall brain stiffness increases with age over the period of cortical folding. Using atomic force microscopy to target the cortical plate, we found that the occipital cortex increases in stiffness as well as stiffness heterogeneity over the course of development and folding. These findings can help to elucidate the mechanics of the cortical folding process by clarifying the concurrent evolution of tissue properties.
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- Christopher Walter
- Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University, St. Louis, USA.
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- Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University, St. Louis, USA
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- Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Evansville, IN, USA
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- Advanced Imaging Research Center and Oregon National Primate Research Center Division of Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University, St. Louis, USA
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- Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University, St. Louis, USA.
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Wang P, Yan Z, Du Z, Fu Y, Liu Z, Qu S, Zhuang Z. A Bayesian method with nonlinear noise model to calibrate constitutive parameters of soft tissue. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2023; 146:106070. [PMID: 37567066 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.106070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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The measured mechanical responses of soft tissue exhibit large variability and errors, especially for the softest brain tissue, while calibrating its constitutive parameters in a deterministic way remains a common practice. Here we implement a Bayesian method considering the nonlinear noise model to calibrate constitutive parameters of brain tissue. A probability model is first developed based on the measured experimental data, likelihood function, and prior function, from which the posterior distributions of model parameters are formulated. The likelihood function considers the nonlinear behaviors of the constitutive response and noise distribution of the experimentally measured data. Meanwhile, the prior predictive distribution is computed to check the probability model preliminarily. Secondly, the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method is used to compute the posterior distributions of model parameters, enabling assessment of parameter uncertainty, correlation, and model calibration error. Finally, the posterior predictive distributions of the overall response, constitutive response, and noise response are computed to validate the probabilistic model, all of which are consistent with the corresponding data. Furthermore, the effect of the prior distribution, experimental data, and noise model on posterior distribution is studied. Our study provides a general approach to calibrating constitutive parameters of soft tissue despite errors and large variability in experimental data.
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- Peng Wang
- School of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Applied Mechanics Laboratory, School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Applied Mechanics Laboratory, School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power & Mechatronic System, Key Laboratory of Soft Machines and Smart Devices of Zhejiang Province, Center for X-Mechanics, Eye Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital, and Department of Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Applied Mechanics Laboratory, School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power & Mechatronic System, Key Laboratory of Soft Machines and Smart Devices of Zhejiang Province, Center for X-Mechanics, Eye Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital, and Department of Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
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- Applied Mechanics Laboratory, School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Chavoshnejad P, Chen L, Yu X, Hou J, Filla N, Zhu D, Liu T, Li G, Razavi MJ, Wang X. An integrated finite element method and machine learning algorithm for brain morphology prediction. Cereb Cortex 2023; 33:9354-9366. [PMID: 37288479 PMCID: PMC10393506 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhad208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
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The human brain development experiences a complex evolving cortical folding from a smooth surface to a convoluted ensemble of folds. Computational modeling of brain development has played an essential role in better understanding the process of cortical folding, but still leaves many questions to be answered. A major challenge faced by computational models is how to create massive brain developmental simulations with affordable computational sources to complement neuroimaging data and provide reliable predictions for brain folding. In this study, we leveraged the power of machine learning in data augmentation and prediction to develop a machine-learning-based finite element surrogate model to expedite brain computational simulations, predict brain folding morphology, and explore the underlying folding mechanism. To do so, massive finite element method (FEM) mechanical models were run to simulate brain development using the predefined brain patch growth models with adjustable surface curvature. Then, a GAN-based machine learning model was trained and validated with these produced computational data to predict brain folding morphology given a predefined initial configuration. The results indicate that the machine learning models can predict the complex morphology of folding patterns, including 3-hinge gyral folds. The close agreement between the folding patterns observed in FEM results and those predicted by machine learning models validate the feasibility of the proposed approach, offering a promising avenue to predict the brain development with given fetal brain configurations.
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- Poorya Chavoshnejad
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, United States
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- Department of Radiology and BRIC, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, United States
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- School of ECAM, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, United States
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- School of ECAM, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, United States
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, United States
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- School of Computing, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, United States
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- Department of Radiology and BRIC, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, United States
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- School of ECAM, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, United States
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Aktas A, Demircali AA, Secoli R, Temelkuran B, Rodriguez Y Baena F. Towards a Procedure-Optimised Steerable Catheter for Deep-Seated Neurosurgery. Biomedicines 2023; 11:2008. [PMID: 37509647 PMCID: PMC10377471 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11072008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
Abstract
In recent years, steerable needles have attracted significant interest in relation to minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Specifically, the flexible, programmable bevel-tip needle (PBN) concept was successfully demonstrated in vivo in an evaluation of the feasibility of convection-enhanced delivery (CED) for chemotherapeutics within the ovine model with a 2.5 mm PBN prototype. However, further size reductions are necessary for other diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and drug delivery operations involving deep-seated tissue structures. Since PBNs have a complex cross-section geometry, standard production methods, such as extrusion, fail, as the outer diameter is reduced further. This paper presents our first attempt to demonstrate a new manufacturing method for PBNs that employs thermal drawing technology. Experimental characterisation tests were performed for the 2.5 mm PBN and the new 1.3 mm thermally drawn (TD) PBN prototype described here. The results show that thermal drawing presents a significant advantage in miniaturising complex needle structures. However, the steering behaviour was affected due to the choice of material in this first attempt, a limitation which will be addressed in future work.
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- Ayhan Aktas
- Mechatronics in Medicine Laboratory, Hamlyn Center, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Mechatronics in Medicine Laboratory, Hamlyn Center, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Hallatschek O, Datta SS, Drescher K, Dunkel J, Elgeti J, Waclaw B, Wingreen NS. Proliferating active matter. NATURE REVIEWS. PHYSICS 2023; 5:1-13. [PMID: 37360681 PMCID: PMC10230499 DOI: 10.1038/s42254-023-00593-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
Abstract
The fascinating patterns of collective motion created by autonomously driven particles have fuelled active-matter research for over two decades. So far, theoretical active-matter research has often focused on systems with a fixed number of particles. This constraint imposes strict limitations on what behaviours can and cannot emerge. However, a hallmark of life is the breaking of local cell number conservation by replication and death. Birth and death processes must be taken into account, for example, to predict the growth and evolution of a microbial biofilm, the expansion of a tumour, or the development from a fertilized egg into an embryo and beyond. In this Perspective, we argue that unique features emerge in these systems because proliferation represents a distinct form of activity: not only do the proliferating entities consume and dissipate energy, they also inject biomass and degrees of freedom capable of further self-proliferation, leading to myriad dynamic scenarios. Despite this complexity, a growing number of studies document common collective phenomena in various proliferating soft-matter systems. This generality leads us to propose proliferation as another direction of active-matter physics, worthy of a dedicated search for new dynamical universality classes. Conceptual challenges abound, from identifying control parameters and understanding large fluctuations and nonlinear feedback mechanisms to exploring the dynamics and limits of information flow in self-replicating systems. We believe that, by extending the rich conceptual framework developed for conventional active matter to proliferating active matter, researchers can have a profound impact on quantitative biology and reveal fascinating emergent physics along the way.
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- Oskar Hallatschek
- Departments of Physics and Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA US
- Peter Debye Institute for Soft Matter Physics, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA USA
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- Theoretical Physics of Living Matter, Institute of Biological Information Processing, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Dioscuri Centre for Physics and Chemistry of Bacteria, Institute of Physical Chemistry PAN, Warsaw, Poland
- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, JCMB, Edinburgh, UK
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ USA
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ USA
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Wang LM, Kuhl E. Mechanics of axon growth and damage: A systematic review of computational models. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2023; 140:13-21. [PMID: 35474150 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
Normal axon development depends on the action of mechanical forces both generated within the cytoskeleton and outside the cell, but forces of large magnitude or rate cause damage instead. Computational models aid scientists in studying the role of mechanical forces in axon growth and damage. These studies use simulations to evaluate how different sources of force generation within the cytoskeleton interact with each other to regulate axon elongation and retraction. Furthermore, mathematical models can help optimize externally applied tension to promote axon growth without causing damage. Finally, scientists also use simulations of axon damage to investigate how forces are distributed among different components of the axon and how the tissue surrounding an axon influences its susceptibility to injury. In this review, we discuss how computational studies complement experimental studies in the areas of axon growth, regeneration, and damage.
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- Lucy M Wang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Weickenmeier J. Exploring the multiphysics of the brain during development, aging, and in neurological diseases. BRAIN MULTIPHYSICS 2023; 4:100068. [PMID: 37476409 PMCID: PMC10358452 DOI: 10.1016/j.brain.2023.100068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
Abstract
The human brain remains an endless source of wonder and represents an intruiging scientific frontier. Multiphysics approaches naturally lend themselves to combine our extensive knowledge about the neurobiology of aging and diseases with mechanics to better capture the multiscale behavior of the brain. Our group uses experimental methods, medical image analysis, and constitutive modeling to develop better disease models with the long-term goal to improve diagnosis, treatment, and ultimately enable prevention of many prevalent age- and disease-related brain changes. In the present perspective, we outline on-going work related to neurodevelopment, aging, and neurodegenerative disease.
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- Johannes Weickenmeier
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030, United States of America
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Zarzor MS, Blumcke I, Budday S. Exploring the role of the outer subventricular zone during cortical folding through a physics-based model. eLife 2023; 12:82925. [PMID: 37043266 PMCID: PMC10097417 DOI: 10.7554/elife.82925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The human brain has a highly complex structure both on the microscopic and on the macroscopic scales. Increasing evidence has suggested the role of mechanical forces for cortical folding – a classical hallmark of the human brain. However, the link between cellular processes at the microscale and mechanical forces at the macroscale remains insufficiently understood. Recent findings suggest that an additional proliferating zone, the outer subventricular zone (OSVZ), is decisive for the particular size and complexity of the human cortex. To better understand how the OSVZ affects cortical folding, we establish a multifield computational model that couples cell proliferation in different zones and migration at the cell scale with growth and cortical folding at the organ scale by combining an advection-diffusion model with the theory of finite growth. We validate our model based on data from histologically stained sections of the human fetal brain and predict 3D pattern formation. Finally, we address open questions regarding the role of the OSVZ for the formation of cortical folds. The presented framework not only improves our understanding of human brain development, but could eventually help diagnose and treat neuronal disorders arising from disruptions in cellular development and associated malformations of cortical development.
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- University Hospitals Erlangen, Institute of Neuropathology
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute of Applied Mechanics
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Rouleau N, Murugan NJ, Kaplan DL. Functional bioengineered models of the central nervous system. NATURE REVIEWS BIOENGINEERING 2023; 1:252-270. [PMID: 37064657 PMCID: PMC9903289 DOI: 10.1038/s44222-023-00027-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
Abstract
The functional complexity of the central nervous system (CNS) is unparalleled in living organisms. Its nested cells, circuits and networks encode memories, move bodies and generate experiences. Neural tissues can be engineered to assemble model systems that recapitulate essential features of the CNS and to investigate neurodevelopment, delineate pathophysiology, improve regeneration and accelerate drug discovery. In this Review, we discuss essential structure-function relationships of the CNS and examine materials and design considerations, including composition, scale, complexity and maturation, of cell biology-based and engineering-based CNS models. We highlight region-specific CNS models that can emulate functions of the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, spinal cord, neural-X interfaces and other regions, and investigate a range of applications for CNS models, including fundamental and clinical research. We conclude with an outlook to future possibilities of CNS models, highlighting the engineering challenges that remain to be overcome.
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- Nicolas Rouleau
- Department of Health Sciences, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario Canada
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA USA
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- Department of Health Sciences, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario Canada
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA USA
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Su L, Wang M, Yin J, Ti F, Yang J, Ma C, Liu S, Lu TJ. Distinguishing poroelasticity and viscoelasticity of brain tissue with time scale. Acta Biomater 2023; 155:423-435. [PMID: 36372152 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
Brain tissue is considered to be biphasic, with approximately 80% liquid and 20% solid matrix, thus exhibiting viscoelasticity due to rearrangement of the solid matrix and poroelasticity due to fluid migration within the solid matrix. However, how to distinguish poroelastic and viscoelastic effects in brain tissue remains challenging. In this study, we proposed a method of unconfined compression-isometric hold to measure the force versus time relaxation curves of porcine brain tissue samples with systematically varied sample lengths. Upon scaling the measured relaxation force and relaxation time with different length-dependent physical quantities, we successfully distinguished the poroelasticity and viscoelasticity of the brain tissue. We demonstrated that during isometric hold, viscoelastic relaxation dominated the mechanical behavior of brain tissue in the short-time regime, while poroelastic relaxation dominated in the long-time regime. Furthermore, compared with poroelastic relaxation, viscoelastic relaxation was found to play a more dominant role in the mechanical response of porcine brain tissue. We then evaluated the differences between poroelastic and viscoelastic effects for both porcine and human brain tissue. Because of the draining of pore fluid, the Young's moduli in poroelastic relaxation were lower than those in viscoelastic relaxation; brain tissue changed from incompressible during viscoelastic relaxation to compressible during poroelastic relaxation, resulting in reduced Poisson ratios. This study provides new insights into the physical mechanisms underlying the roles of viscoelasticity and poroelasticity in brain tissue. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Although the poroviscoelastic model had been proposed to characterize brain tissue mechanical behavior, it is difficult to distinguish the poroelastic and viscoelastic behaviors of brain tissue. The study distinguished viscoelasticity and poroelasticity of brain tissue with time scales and then evaluated the differences between poroelastic and viscoelastic effects for both porcine and human brain tissue, which helps to accurate selection of constitutive models suitable for application in certain situations (e.g., pore-dominant and viscoelastic-dominant deformation).
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- Lijun Su
- State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, PR China; MIIT Key Laboratory for Multifunctional Lightweight Materials and Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi 710049, PR China; Bioinspired Engineering & Biomechanics Center (BEBC), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, PR China; MIIT Key Laboratory for Multifunctional Lightweight Materials and Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, PR China; MIIT Key Laboratory for Multifunctional Lightweight Materials and Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, PR China; MIIT Key Laboratory for Multifunctional Lightweight Materials and Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, PR China; MIIT Key Laboratory for Multifunctional Lightweight Materials and Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, PR China.
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Anssari-Benam A, Destrade M, Saccomandi G. Modelling brain tissue elasticity with the Ogden model and an alternative family of constitutive models †. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2022; 380:20210325. [PMID: 36031829 PMCID: PMC9421377 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2021.0325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The Ogden model is often considered as a standard model in the literature for application to the deformation of brain tissue. Here, we show that, in some of those applications, the use of the Ogden model leads to the non-convexity of the strain-energy function and mis-prediction of the correct concavity of the experimental stress-stretch curves over a range of the deformation domain. By contrast, we propose a family of models which provides a favourable fit to the considered datasets while remaining free from the highlighted shortcomings of the Ogden model. While, as we discuss, those shortcomings might be due to the artefacts of the testing protocols, the proposed family of models proves impervious to such artefacts. This article is part of the theme issue 'The Ogden model of rubber mechanics: Fifty years of impact on nonlinear elasticity'.
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- Afshin Anssari-Benam
- Cardiovascular Engineering Research Lab (CERL), School of Mechanical and Design Engineering, University of Portsmouth, Anglesea Road, Portsmouth PO1 3DJ, UK
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- School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, NUI Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland
- Key Laboratory of Soft Machines and Smart Devices of Zhejiang Province and Department of Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China
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- School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, NUI Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli studi di Perugia, Via G. Duranti, Perugia 06125, Italy
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Smith SJ, Guillon E, Holley SA. The roles of inter-tissue adhesion in development and morphological evolution. J Cell Sci 2022; 135:275268. [PMID: 35522159 PMCID: PMC9264361 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.259579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The study of how neighboring tissues physically interact with each other, inter-tissue adhesion, is an emerging field at the interface of cell biology, biophysics and developmental biology. Inter-tissue adhesion can be mediated by either cell-extracellular matrix adhesion or cell-cell adhesion, and both the mechanisms and consequences of inter-tissue adhesion have been studied in vivo in numerous vertebrate and invertebrate species. In this Review, we discuss recent progress in understanding the many functions of inter-tissue adhesion in development and evolution. Inter-tissue adhesion can couple the motion of adjacent tissues, be the source of mechanical resistance that constrains morphogenesis, and transmit tension required for normal development. Tissue-tissue adhesion can also create mechanical instability that leads to tissue folding or looping. Transient inter-tissue adhesion can facilitate tissue invasion, and weak tissue adhesion can generate friction that shapes and positions tissues within the embryo. Lastly, we review studies that reveal how inter-tissue adhesion contributes to the diversification of animal morphologies.
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- Sarah Jacquelyn Smith
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Li M, Sun B. Post-buckling behaviors of thin-film soft-substrate bilayers with finite-thickness substrate. Sci Rep 2022; 12:4074. [PMID: 35260786 PMCID: PMC8904586 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08136-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Surface buckling behaviors of thin-film soft-substrate bilayers have important research value. Recent research has focused on bilayers with infinite-thickness substrates. However, bilayers with finite-thickness substrates widely exist. To study this problem more comprehensively, we extended the stability theory of a beam on an elastic foundation to bilayers and then established a finite element method of bilayers using the neo-Hookean hyperelastic constitutive model. A self-contact analysis method was coupled to the finite element method so that the further buckling evolution of the film surface after folding could be simulated. Based on our analysis of various modulus ratios and thickness ratios, the evolution of the buckling path was significantly influenced by the thickness ratio. Without considering the situation of a prestressed substrate, four new buckling paths were found. Thus, we extended the single buckling path (under infinite thickness substrate) to five types. Our study also found that for path four, the substrate with a certain thickness exhibited a special final stable surface morphology. That is, regardless of the friction, a new periodic morphology after film folding appeared due to the contact slip of the film surface. Finally, further analysis showed that these five buckling paths were all dependent on different modulus ratios and thickness ratios.
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- Meng Li
- School of Civil Engineering and Institute of Mechanics and Technology, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Institute of Mechanics and Technology, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China.
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Qian L, Wang S, Zhou S, Sun Y, Zhao H. Influence of pia-arachnoid complex on the indentation response of porcine brain at different length scales. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2022; 127:104925. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2021.104925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Revised: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Alenyá M, Wang X, Lefévre J, Auzias G, Fouquet B, Eixarch E, Rousseau F, Camara O. Computational pipeline for the generation and validation of patient-specific mechanical models of brain development. BRAIN MULTIPHYSICS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brain.2022.100045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Volumetric growth of soft tissues evaluated in the current configuration. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2022; 21:569-588. [PMID: 35044527 PMCID: PMC8940838 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-021-01549-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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AbstractThe growth and remodelling of soft tissues plays a significant role in many physiological applications, particularly in understanding and managing many diseases. A commonly used approach for soft tissue growth and remodelling is volumetric growth theory, introduced in the framework of finite elasticity. In such an approach, the total deformation gradient tensor is decomposed so that the elastic and growth tensors can be studied separately. A critical element in this approach is to determine the growth tensor and its evolution with time. Most existing volumetric growth theories define the growth tensor in the reference (natural) configuration, which does not reflect the continuous adaptation processes of soft tissues under the current configuration. In a few studies where growth from a loaded configuration was considered, simplifying assumptions, such as compatible deformation or geometric symmetries, were introduced. In this work, we propose a new volumetric growth law that depends on fields evaluated in the current configuration, which is residually stressed and loaded, without any geometrical restrictions. We illustrate our idea using a simplified left ventricle model, which admits inhomogeneous growth in the current configuration. We compare the residual stress distribution of our approach with the traditional volumetric growth theory, that assumes growth occurring from the natural reference configuration. We show that the proposed framework leads to qualitative agreements with experimental measurements. Furthermore, using a cylindrical model, we find an incompatibility index that explains the differences between the two approaches in more depth. We also demonstrate that results from both approaches reach the same steady solution published previously at the limit of a saturated growth. Although we used a left ventricle model as an example, our theory is applicable in modelling the volumetric growth of general soft tissues.
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The establishment of a functioning neuronal network is a crucial step in neural development. During this process, neurons extend neurites—axons and dendrites—to meet other neurons and interconnect. Therefore, these neurites need to migrate, grow, branch and find the correct path to their target by processing sensory cues from their environment. These processes rely on many coupled biophysical effects including elasticity, viscosity, growth, active forces, chemical signaling, adhesion and cellular transport. Mathematical models offer a direct way to test hypotheses and understand the underlying mechanisms responsible for neuron development. Here, we critically review the main models of neurite growth and morphogenesis from a mathematical viewpoint. We present different models for growth, guidance and morphogenesis, with a particular emphasis on mechanics and mechanisms, and on simple mathematical models that can be partially treated analytically.
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Blinkouskaya Y, Caçoilo A, Gollamudi T, Jalalian S, Weickenmeier J. Brain aging mechanisms with mechanical manifestations. Mech Ageing Dev 2021; 200:111575. [PMID: 34600936 PMCID: PMC8627478 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2021.111575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Brain aging is a complex process that affects everything from the subcellular to the organ level, begins early in life, and accelerates with age. Morphologically, brain aging is primarily characterized by brain volume loss, cortical thinning, white matter degradation, loss of gyrification, and ventricular enlargement. Pathophysiologically, brain aging is associated with neuron cell shrinking, dendritic degeneration, demyelination, small vessel disease, metabolic slowing, microglial activation, and the formation of white matter lesions. In recent years, the mechanics community has demonstrated increasing interest in modeling the brain's (bio)mechanical behavior and uses constitutive modeling to predict shape changes of anatomically accurate finite element brain models in health and disease. Here, we pursue two objectives. First, we review existing imaging-based data on white and gray matter atrophy rates and organ-level aging patterns. This data is required to calibrate and validate constitutive brain models. Second, we review the most critical cell- and tissue-level aging mechanisms that drive white and gray matter changes. We focuse on aging mechanisms that ultimately manifest as organ-level shape changes based on the idea that the integration of imaging and mechanical modeling may help identify the tipping point when normal aging ends and pathological neurodegeneration begins.
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- Yana Blinkouskaya
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030, United States.
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Darayi M, Hoffman ME, Sayut J, Wang S, Demirci N, Consolini J, Holland MA. Computational models of cortical folding: A review of common approaches. J Biomech 2021; 139:110851. [PMID: 34802706 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The process of gyrification, by which the brain develops the intricate pattern of gyral hills and sulcal valleys, is the result of interactions between biological and mechanical processes during brain development. Researchers have developed a vast array of computational models in order to investigate cortical folding. This review aims to summarize these studies, focusing on five essential elements of the brain that affect development and gyrification and how they are represented in computational models: (i) the constraints of skull, meninges, and cerebrospinal fluid; (ii) heterogeneity of cortical layers and regions; (iii) anisotropic behavior of subcortical fiber tracts; (iv) material properties of brain tissue; and (v) the complex geometry of the brain. Finally, we highlight areas of need for future simulations of brain development.
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- Mohsen Darayi
- Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA; Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
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Zoraghi M, Scherf N, Jaeger C, Sack I, Hirsch S, Hetzer S, Weiskopf N. Simulating Local Deformations in the Human Cortex Due to Blood Flow-Induced Changes in Mechanical Tissue Properties: Impact on Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:722366. [PMID: 34621151 PMCID: PMC8490675 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.722366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Investigating human brain tissue is challenging due to the complexity and the manifold interactions between structures across different scales. Increasing evidence suggests that brain function and microstructural features including biomechanical features are related. More importantly, the relationship between tissue mechanics and its influence on brain imaging results remains poorly understood. As an important example, the study of the brain tissue response to blood flow could have important theoretical and experimental consequences for functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at high spatial resolutions. Computational simulations, using realistic mechanical models can predict and characterize the brain tissue behavior and give us insights into the consequent potential biases or limitations of in vivo, high-resolution fMRI. In this manuscript, we used a two dimensional biomechanical simulation of an exemplary human gyrus to investigate the relationship between mechanical tissue properties and the respective changes induced by focal blood flow changes. The model is based on the changes in the brain’s stiffness and volume due to the vasodilation evoked by neural activity. Modeling an exemplary gyrus from a brain atlas we assessed the influence of different potential mechanisms: (i) a local increase in tissue stiffness (at the level of a single anatomical layer), (ii) an increase in local volume, and (iii) a combination of both effects. Our simulation results showed considerable tissue displacement because of these temporary changes in mechanical properties. We found that the local volume increase causes more deformation and consequently higher displacement of the gyrus. These displacements introduced considerable artifacts in our simulated fMRI measurements. Our results underline the necessity to consider and characterize the tissue displacement which could be responsible for fMRI artifacts.
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- Mahsa Zoraghi
- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
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- Methods and Development Group Neural Data Science and Statistical Computing, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute for Medical Informatics and Biometry, Carl Gustav Carus Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Berlin Center for Advanced Neuroimaging, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin Center for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin, Germany
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- Berlin Center for Advanced Neuroimaging, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin Center for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.,Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences, Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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Liu RC, Liu Y, Cai Z. Influence of the growth gradient on surface wrinkling and pattern transition in growing tubular tissues. Proc Math Phys Eng Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2021.0441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Growth-induced pattern formations in curved film-substrate structures have attracted extensive attention recently. In most existing literature, the growth tensor is assumed to be homogeneous or piecewise homogeneous. In this paper, we aim at clarifying the influence of a growth gradient on pattern formation and pattern evolution in bilayered tubular tissues under plane-strain deformation. In the framework of finite elasticity, a bifurcation condition is derived for a general material model and a generic growth function. Then we suppose that both layers are composed of neo-Hookean materials. In particular, the growth function is assumed to decay linearly either from the inner surface or from the outer surface. It is found that a gradient in the growth has a weak effect on the critical state, compared with the homogeneous growth type where both layers share the same growth factor. Furthermore, a finite-element model is built to validate the theoretical model and to investigate the post-buckling behaviours. It is found that the associated pattern transition is not controlled by the growth gradient but by the ratio of the shear modulus between two layers. Different morphologies can occur when the modulus ratio is varied. The current analysis could provide useful insight into the influence of a growth gradient on surface instabilities and suggests that a homogeneous growth field may provide a good approximation on interpreting complicated morphological formations in multiple systems.
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- Rui-Cheng Liu
- Department of Mechanics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Mechanics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People's Republic of China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Modern Engineering Mechanics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Mechanics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People's Republic of China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Modern Engineering Mechanics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People's Republic of China
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Airoldi CA, Lugo CA, Wightman R, Glover BJ, Robinson S. Mechanical buckling can pattern the light-diffracting cuticle of Hibiscus trionum. Cell Rep 2021; 36:109715. [PMID: 34525367 PMCID: PMC9697994 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Many species have cuticular striations that play a range of roles, from pollinator attraction to surface wettability. In Hibiscus trionum, the striations span multiple cells at the base of the petal to form a pattern that produces a type of iridescence. It is postulated, using theoretical models, that the pattern of striations could result from mechanical instabilities. By combining the application of mechanical stress with high-resolution imaging, we demonstrate that the cuticle buckles to create a striated pattern. Through mechanical modeling and cryo-SEM fractures, we show that the cuticle behaves like a bilayer system with a stiff film on a compliant substrate. The pattern of buckling aligns with the direction of the stress to create a larger-scale pattern. Our findings contribute to the understanding of the formation of tissue-wide patterns in living organisms.
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- Chiara A Airoldi
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
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- Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University, Bateman Street, Cambridge, CB2 1LR, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK.
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- Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University, Bateman Street, Cambridge, CB2 1LR, UK.
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Razavi MJ, Liu T, Wang X. Mechanism Exploration of 3-Hinge Gyral Formation and Pattern Recognition. Cereb Cortex Commun 2021; 2:tgab044. [PMID: 34377991 PMCID: PMC8343593 DOI: 10.1093/texcom/tgab044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Revised: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The 3-hinge gyral folding is the conjunction of gyrus crest lines from three different orientations. Previous studies have not explored the possible mechanisms of formation of such 3-hinge gyri, which are preserved across species in primate brains. We develop a biomechanical model to mimic the formation of 3-hinge patterns on a real brain and determine how special types of 3-hinge patterns form in certain areas of the model. Our computational and experimental imaging results show that most tertiary convolutions and exact locations of 3-hinge patterns after growth and folding are unpredictable, but they help explain the consistency of locations and patterns of certain 3-hinge patterns. Growing fibers within the white matter is posited as a determining factor to affect the location and shape of these 3-hinge patterns. Even if the growing fibers do not exert strong enough forces to guide gyrification directly, they still may seed a heterogeneous growth profile that leads to the formation of 3-hinge patterns in specific locations. A minor difference in initial morphology between two growing model brains can lead to distinct numbers and locations of 3-hinge patterns after folding.
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- Mir Jalil Razavi
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA
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- Cortical Architecture Imaging and Discovery Lab, Department of Computer Science and Bioimaging Research Center, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, the University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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The influence of biophysical parameters in a biomechanical model of cortical folding patterns. Sci Rep 2021; 11:7686. [PMID: 33833302 PMCID: PMC8032759 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87124-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Abnormal cortical folding patterns, such as lissencephaly, pachygyria and polymicrogyria malformations, may be related to neurodevelopmental disorders. In this context, computational modeling is a powerful tool to provide a better understanding of the early brain folding process. Recent studies based on biomechanical modeling have shown that mechanical forces play a crucial role in the formation of cortical convolutions. However, the effect of biophysical parameters in these models remain unclear. In this paper, we investigate the effect of the cortical growth, the initial geometry and the initial cortical thickness on folding patterns. In addition, we not only use several descriptors of the folds such as the dimensionless mean curvature, the surface-based three-dimensional gyrification index and the sulcal depth, but also propose a new metric to quantify the folds orientation. The results demonstrate that the cortical growth mode does almost not affect the complexity degree of surface morphology; the variation in the initial geometry changes the folds orientation and depth, and in particular, the slenderer the shape is, the more folds along its longest axis could be seen and the deeper the sulci become. Moreover, the thinner the initial cortical thickness is, the higher the spatial frequency of the folds is, but the shallower the sulci become, which is in agreement with the previously reported effects of cortical thickness.
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The role of thickness inhomogeneities in hierarchical cortical folding. Neuroimage 2021; 231:117779. [PMID: 33548459 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The mammalian brain cortex is highly folded, with several developmental disorders affecting folding. On the extremes, lissencephaly, a lack of folds in humans, and polymicrogyria, an overly folded brain, can lead to severe mental retardation, short life expectancy, epileptic seizures, and tetraplegia. Not only a specific degree of folding, but also stereotyped patterns, are required for normal brain function. A quantitative model on how and why these folds appear during the development of the brain is the first step in understanding the cause of these conditions. In recent years, there have been various attempts to understand and model the mechanisms of brain folding. Previous works have shown that mechanical instabilities play a crucial role in the formation of brain folds, and that the geometry of the fetal brain is one of the main factors in dictating its folding characteristics. However, modeling higher-order folding, one of the main characteristics of the highly gyrencephalic brain, has not been fully tackled. The simulations presented in this work are used to study the effects of thickness inhomogeneity in the gyrogenesis of the mammalian brain in silico. Finite-element simulations of rectangular slabs are performed. These slabs are divided into two distinct regions, where the outer region mimicks the gray matter, and the inner region the underlying white matter. Differential growth is introduced by growing the top region tangentially, while keeping the underlying region untouched. The brain tissue is modeled as a neo-Hookean hyperelastic material. Simulations are performed with both homogeneous and inhomogeneous cortical thicknesses. Our results show that the homogeneous cortex folds into a single wavelength, as is common for bilayered materials, while the inhomogeneous cortex folds into more complex conformations. In the early stages of development of the inhomogeneous cortex, structures reminiscent of the deep sulci in the brain are obtained. As the cortex continues to develop, secondary undulations, which are shallower and more variable than the structures obtained in earlier gyrification stage emerge, reproducing well-known characteristics of higher-order folding in the mammalian, and particularly the human, brain.
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Lee T, Holland MA, Weickenmeier J, Gosain AK, Tepole AB. The Geometry of Incompatibility in Growing Soft Tissues: Theory and Numerical Characterization. JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS 2021; 146:104177. [PMID: 34054143 PMCID: PMC8153650 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2020.104177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Tissues in vivo are not stress-free. As we grow, our tissues adapt to different physiological and disease conditions through growth and remodeling. This adaptation occurs at the microscopic scale, where cells control the microstructure of their immediate extracellular environment to achieve homeostasis. The local and heterogeneous nature of this process is the source of residual stresses. At the macroscopic scale, growth and remodeling can be accurately captured with the finite volume growth framework within continuum mechanics, which is akin to plasticity. The multiplicative split of the deformation gradient into growth and elastic contributions brings about the notion of incompatibility as a plausible description for the origin of residual stress. Here we define the geometric features that characterize incompatibility in biological materials. We introduce the geometric incompatibility tensor for different growth types, showing that the constraints associated with growth lead to specific patterns of the incompatibility metrics. To numerically investigate the distribution of incompatibility measures, we implement the analysis within a finite element framework. Simple, illustrative examples are shown first to explain the main concepts. Then, numerical characterization of incompatibility and residual stress is performed on three biomedical applications: brain atrophy, skin expansion, and cortical folding. Our analysis provides new insights into the role of growth in the development of tissue defects and residual stresses. Thus, we anticipate that our work will further motivate additional research to characterize residual stresses in living tissue and their role in development, disease, and clinical intervention.
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- Taeksang Lee
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA
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- Lurie Children Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Chavoshnejad P, Li X, Zhang S, Dai W, Vasung L, Liu T, Zhang T, Wang X, Razavi MJ. Role of axonal fibers in the cortical folding patterns: A tale of variability and regularity. BRAIN MULTIPHYSICS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brain.2021.100029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Zarzor M, Kaessmair S, Steinmann P, Blümcke I, Budday S. A two-field computational model couples cellular brain development with cortical folding. BRAIN MULTIPHYSICS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brain.2021.100025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Weiss D, Cavinato C, Gray A, Ramachandra AB, Avril S, Humphrey JD, Latorre M. Mechanics-driven mechanobiological mechanisms of arterial tortuosity. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:6/49/eabd3574. [PMID: 33277255 PMCID: PMC7821897 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd3574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Arterial tortuosity manifests in many conditions, including hypertension, genetic mutations predisposing to thoracic aortopathy, and vascular aging. Despite evidence that tortuosity disrupts efficient blood flow and that it may be an important clinical biomarker, underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood but are widely appreciated to be largely biomechanical. Many previous studies suggested that tortuosity may arise via an elastic structural buckling instability, but the novel experimental-computational approach used here suggests that tortuosity arises from mechanosensitive, cell-mediated responses to local aberrations in the microstructural integrity of the arterial wall. In particular, computations informed by multimodality imaging show that aberrations in elastic fiber integrity, collagen alignment, and collagen turnover can lead to a progressive loss of structural stability that entrenches during the development of tortuosity. Interpreted in this way, microstructural defects or irregularities of the arterial wall initiate the condition and hypertension is a confounding factor.
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- Dar Weiss
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Mines Saint-Etienne, Centre CIS, INSERM, U 1059 Sainbiose University of Lyon, Univ Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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Lenton ICD, Scott EK, Rubinsztein-Dunlop H, Favre-Bulle IA. Optical Tweezers Exploring Neuroscience. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:602797. [PMID: 33330435 PMCID: PMC7732537 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.602797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Over the past decade, optical tweezers (OT) have been increasingly used in neuroscience for studies of molecules and neuronal dynamics, as well as for the study of model organisms as a whole. Compared to other areas of biology, it has taken much longer for OT to become an established tool in neuroscience. This is, in part, due to the complexity of the brain and the inherent difficulties in trapping individual molecules or manipulating cells located deep within biological tissue. Recent advances in OT, as well as parallel developments in imaging and adaptive optics, have significantly extended the capabilities of OT. In this review, we describe how OT became an established tool in neuroscience and we elaborate on possible future directions for the field. Rather than covering all applications of OT to neurons or related proteins and molecules, we focus our discussions on studies that provide crucial information to neuroscience, such as neuron dynamics, growth, and communication, as these studies have revealed meaningful information and provide direction for the field into the future.
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- Isaac C. D. Lenton
- School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Dynamic mechanical characterization and viscoelastic modeling of bovine brain tissue. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2020; 114:104204. [PMID: 33218929 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2020.104204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Brain tissue is vulnerable and sensitive, predisposed to potential damage under various conditions of mechanical loading. Although its material properties have been investigated extensively, the frequency-dependent viscoelastic characterization is currently limited. Computational models can provide a non-invasive method by which to analyze brain injuries and predict the mechanical response of the tissue. The brain injuries are expected to be induced by dynamic loading, mostly in compression and measurement of dynamic viscoelastic properties are essential to improve the accuracy and variety of finite element simulations on brain tissue. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the compressive frequency-dependent properties of brain tissue and present a mathematical model in the frequency domain to capture the tissue behavior based on experimental results. Bovine brain specimens, obtained from four locations of corona radiata, corpus callosum, basal ganglia and cortex, were tested under compression using dynamic mechanical analysis over a range of frequencies between 0.5 and 35 Hz to characterize the regional and directional response of the tissue. The compressive dynamic properties of bovine brain tissue were heterogenous for regions but not sensitive to orientation showing frequency dependent statistical results, with viscoelastic properties increasing with frequency. The mean storage and loss modulus were found to be 12.41 kPa and 5.54 kPa, respectively. The material parameters were obtained using the linear viscoelastic model in the frequency domain and the numeric simulation can capture the compressive mechanical behavior of bovine brain tissue across a range of frequencies. The frequency-dependent viscoelastic characterization of brain tissue will improve the fidelity of the computational models of the head and provide essential information to the prediction and analysis of brain injuries in clinical treatments.
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Holland MA, Budday S, Li G, Shen D, Goriely A, Kuhl E. Folding drives cortical thickness variations. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. SPECIAL TOPICS 2020; 229:2757-2778. [PMID: 37275766 PMCID: PMC10237175 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000001-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The cortical thickness is a characteristic biomarker for a wide variety of neurological disorders. While the structural organization of the cerebral cortex is tightly regulated and evolutionarily preserved, its thickness varies widely between 1.5 and 4.5 mm across the healthy adult human brain. It remains unclear whether these thickness variations are a cause or consequence of cortical development. Recent studies suggest that cortical thickness variations are primarily a result of genetic effects. Previous studies showed that a simple homogeneous bilayered system with a growing layer on an elastic substrate undergoes a unique symmetry breaking into a spatially heterogeneous system with discrete gyri and sulci. Here, we expand on that work to explore the evolution of cortical thickness variations over time to support our finding that cortical pattern formation and thickness variations can be explained - at least in part - by the physical forces that emerge during cortical folding. Strikingly, as growth progresses, the developing gyri universally thicken and the sulci thin, even in the complete absence of regional information. Using magnetic resonance images, we demonstrate that these naturally emerging thickness variations agree with the cortical folding pattern in n = 9 healthy adult human brains, in n = 564 healthy human brains ages 7-64, and in n = 73 infant brains scanned at birth, and at ages one and two. Additionally, we show that cortical organoids develop similar patterns throughout their growth. Our results suggest that genetic, geometric, and physical events during brain development are closely interrelated. Understanding regional and temporal variations in cortical thickness can provide insight into the evolution and causative factors of neurological disorders, inform the diagnosis of neurological conditions, and assess the efficacy of treatment options.
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- Maria A. Holland
- Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander University, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Bodin C, Pron A, Le Mao M, Régis J, Belin P, Coulon O. Plis de passage in the superior temporal sulcus: Morphology and local connectivity. Neuroimage 2020; 225:117513. [PMID: 33130271 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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While there is a profusion of functional investigations involving the superior temporal sulcus (STS), our knowledge of the anatomy of this sulcus is still limited by a large individual variability. In particular, an accurate characterization of the "plis de passage" (PPs), annectant gyri inside the fold, is lacking to explain this variability. Performed on 90 subjects of the HCP database, our study revealed that PPs constitute landmarks that can be identified from the geometry of the STS walls. They were found associated with a specific U-shape white-matter connectivity between the two banks of the sulcus, the amount of connectivity being related to the depth of the PPs. These findings raise new hypotheses regarding the spatial organization of PPs, the relation between cortical anatomy and structural connectivity, as well as the possible role of PPs in the regional functional organization.
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- C Bodin
- CNRS, UMR 7289, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France; Institute for Language, Communication, and the Brain, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
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- CNRS, UMR 7289, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7289, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- INSERM U1106, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7289, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France; Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada; Institute for Language, Communication, and the Brain, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7289, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France; Institute for Language, Communication, and the Brain, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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Pensalfini M, Rotach M, Hopf R, Bielicki A, Santoprete R, Mazza E. How cosmetic tightening products modulate the biomechanics and morphology of human skin. Acta Biomater 2020; 115:299-316. [PMID: 32853810 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The active and passive mechanical behavior of a cosmetic tightening product for skin anti-aging is investigated based on a wide range of in vivo and in vitro measurements. The experimental data are used to inform a numerical model of the attained cosmetic effect, which is then implemented in a commercial finite-element framework and used to analyze the mechanisms that regulate the biomechanical interaction between the native tissue and the tightening film. Such a film reduces wrinkles and enhances skin consistency by increasing its stiffness by 48-107% and reducing inelastic, non-recoverable deformations (-47%). The substrate deformability influences both the extent of tightening and the reduction of wrinkle amplitude. The present findings allow, for the first time, to rationalize the mechanisms of action of cosmetic products with a tightening action and provide quantitative evidence for further optimization of this fascinating class of biomaterials.
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- M Pensalfini
- Institute for Mechanical Systems, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, Zurich 8092, Switzerland; Laboratori de Càlcul Numèric, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech, Carrer de Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona 08034, Spain.
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- Institute for Mechanical Systems, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, Zurich 8092, Switzerland
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- Institute for Mechanical Systems, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, Zurich 8092, Switzerland; Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland.
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- L'Oréal Research & Innovation, Avenue Eugène Schueller 1, Aulnay-sous-Bois 93601, France.
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- L'Oréal Research & Innovation, Avenue Eugène Schueller 1, Aulnay-sous-Bois 93601, France.
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- Institute for Mechanical Systems, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, Zurich 8092, Switzerland; Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland.
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Ortinau CM, Rollins CK, Gholipour A, Yun HJ, Marshall M, Gagoski B, Afacan O, Friedman K, Tworetzky W, Warfield SK, Newburger JW, Inder TE, Grant PE, Im K. Early-Emerging Sulcal Patterns Are Atypical in Fetuses with Congenital Heart Disease. Cereb Cortex 2020; 29:3605-3616. [PMID: 30272144 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Revised: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Fetuses with congenital heart disease (CHD) have third trimester alterations in cortical development on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, the intersulcal relationships contributing to global sulcal pattern remain unknown. This study applied a novel method for examining the geometric and topological relationships between sulci to fetal brain MRIs from 21-30 gestational weeks in CHD fetuses (n = 19) and typically developing (TD) fetuses (n = 17). Sulcal pattern similarity index (SI) to template fetal brain MRIs was determined for the position, area, and depth for corresponding sulcal basins and intersulcal relationships for each subject. CHD fetuses demonstrated altered global sulcal patterns in the left hemisphere compared with TD fetuses (TD [SI, mean ± SD]: 0.822 ± 0.023, CHD: 0.795 ± 0.030, P = 0.002). These differences were present in the earliest emerging sulci and were driven by differences in the position of corresponding sulcal basins (TD: 0.897 ± 0.024, CHD: 0.878 ± 0.019, P = 0.006) and intersulcal relationships (TD: 0.876 ± 0.031, CHD: 0.857 ± 0.018, P = 0.033). No differences in cortical gyrification index, mean curvature, or surface area were present. These data suggest our methods may be more sensitive than traditional measures for evaluating cortical developmental alterations early in gestation.
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- Cynthia M Ortinau
- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.,Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA, USA
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- Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA, USA
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- Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA, USA
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Eskandari F, Shafieian M, Aghdam MM, Laksari K. A knowledge map analysis of brain biomechanics: Current evidence and future directions. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2020; 75:105000. [PMID: 32361083 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2020.105000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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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 significant gaps in the available knowledge regarding its biomechanics. This article reviews the research trends in brain biomechanics with a focus on injury. We used published scientific articles indexed by Web of Science database over the past 40 years and tried to address the gaps that still exist in this field. We analyzed the data using VOSviewer, which is a software tool designed for scientometric studies. The results of this study showed that the response of brain tissue to external forces has been one of the significant research topics among biomechanicians. These studies have addressed the effects of mechanical forces on the brain and mechanisms of traumatic brain injury, as well as characterized changes in tissue behavior under trauma and other neurological diseases to provide new diagnostic and monitoring methods. In this study, some challenges in the field of brain injury biomechanics have been identified and new directions toward understanding the gaps in this field are suggested.
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- Faezeh Eskandari
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Nonuniform growth and surface friction determine bacterial biofilm morphology on soft substrates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:7622-7632. [PMID: 32193350 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1919607117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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During development, organisms acquire three-dimensional (3D) shapes with important physiological consequences. While basic mechanisms underlying morphogenesis are known in eukaryotes, it is often difficult to manipulate them in vivo. To circumvent this issue, here we present a study of developing Vibrio cholerae biofilms grown on agar substrates in which the spatiotemporal morphological patterns were altered by varying the agar concentration. Expanding biofilms are initially flat but later undergo a mechanical instability and become wrinkled. To gain mechanistic insights into this dynamic pattern-formation process, we developed a model that considers diffusion of nutrients and their uptake by bacteria, bacterial growth/biofilm matrix production, mechanical deformation of both the biofilm and the substrate, and the friction between them. Our model shows quantitative agreement with experimental measurements of biofilm expansion dynamics, and it accurately predicts two distinct spatiotemporal patterns observed in the experiments-the wrinkles initially appear either in the peripheral region and propagate inward (soft substrate/low friction) or in the central region and propagate outward (stiff substrate/high friction). Our results, which establish that nonuniform growth and friction are fundamental determinants of stress anisotropy and hence biofilm morphology, are broadly applicable to bacterial biofilms with similar morphologies and also provide insight into how other bacterial biofilms form distinct wrinkle patterns. We discuss the implications of forming undulated biofilm morphologies, which may enhance the availability of nutrients and signaling molecules and serve as a "bet hedging" strategy.
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Frequency dependent viscoelastic properties of porcine brain tissue. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2020; 102:103460. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.103460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Revised: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Balbi V, Destrade M, Goriely A. Mechanics of human brain organoids. Phys Rev E 2020; 101:022403. [PMID: 32168600 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.101.022403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Organoids are prototypes of human organs derived from cultured human stem cells. They provide a reliable and accurate experimental model to study the physical mechanisms underlying the early developmental stages of human organs and, in particular, the early morphogenesis of the cortex. Here we propose a mathematical model to elucidate the role played by two mechanisms which have been experimentally proven to be crucial in shaping human brain organoids: the contraction of the inner core of the organoid and the microstructural remodeling of its outer cortex. Our results show that both mechanisms are crucial for the final shape of the organoid and that perturbing those mechanisms can lead to pathological morphologies which are reminiscent of those associated with lissencephaly (smooth brain).
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- Valentina Balbi
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland
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- School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, NUI Galway, Galway H91 TK33, Ireland
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- Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, United Kingdom
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Emuna N, Durban D. Instability of Incompatible Bilayered Soft Tissues and the Role of Interface Conditions. J Biomech Eng 2019; 141:2732258. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4043560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Mechanical stability analysis is instructive in explaining biological processes like morphogenesis, organogenesis, and pathogenesis of soft tissues. Consideration of the layered, residually stressed structure of tissues, requires accounting for the joint effects of interface conditions and layer incompatibility. This paper is concerned with the influence of imposed rate (incremental) interface conditions (RICs) on critical loads in soft tissues, within the context of linear bifurcation analysis. Aiming at simplicity, we analyze a model of bilayered isotropic hyperelastic (neo-Hookean) spherical shells with residual stresses generated by “shrink-fitting” two perfectly bonded layers with radial interfacial incompatibility. This setting allows a comparison between available, seemingly equivalent, interface conditions commonly used in the literature of layered media stability. We analytically determine the circumstances under which the interface conditions are equivalent or not, and numerically demonstrate significant differences between interface conditions with increasing level of layer incompatibility. Differences of more than tenfold in buckling and 30% in inflation instability critical loads are recorded using the different RICs. Contrasting instability characteristics are also revealed using the different RICs in the presence of incompatibility: inflation instability can occur before pressure maximum, and spontaneous instability may be excluded for thin shells. These findings are relevant to the growing body of stability studies of layered and residually stressed tissues. The impact of interface conditions on critical thresholds is significant in studies that use concepts of instability to draw conclusions about the normal development and the pathologies of tissues like arteries, esophagus, airways, and the brain.
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- Nir Emuna
- Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel e-mail:
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- Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel e-mail:
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Emuna N, Durban D. On Rate Boundary Conditions for Soft Tissue Bifurcation Analysis. J Biomech Eng 2019; 140:2697810. [PMID: 30128553 DOI: 10.1115/1.4041165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Mechanical instability of soft tissues can either risk their normal function or alternatively trigger patterning mechanisms during growth and morphogenesis processes. Unlike standard stability analysis of linear elastic bodies, for soft tissues undergoing large deformations it is imperative to account for the nonlinearities induced by the coupling between load and surface changes at onset of instability. The related issue of boundary conditions, in context of soft tissues, has hardly been addressed in the literature, with most of available research employing dead-load conditions. This paper is concerned with the influence of imposed homogeneous rate (incremental) surface data on critical loads and associated modes in soft tissues, within the context of linear bifurcation analysis. Material behavior is modeled by compressible isotropic hyperelastic strain energy functions (SEFs), with experimentally validated material parameters for the Fung-Demiray SEF, over a range of constitutive response (including brain and liver tissues). For simplicity, we examine benchmark problems of basic spherical patterns: full sphere, spherical cavity, and thick spherical shell. Limiting the analysis to primary hydrostatic states we arrive at universal closed-form solutions, thus providing insight on the role of imposed boundary data. Influence of selected rate boundary conditions (RBCs) like dead-load and fluid-pressure (FP), coupled with constitutive parameters, on the existence and levels of bifurcation loads is compared and discussed. It is argued that the selection of the appropriate type of homogeneous RBC can have a critical effect on the level of bifurcation loads and even exclude the emergence of bifurcation instabilities.
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- Nir Emuna
- Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel e-mail:
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- Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel e-mail:
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Ambrosi D, Ben Amar M, Cyron CJ, DeSimone A, Goriely A, Humphrey JD, Kuhl E. Growth and remodelling of living tissues: perspectives, challenges and opportunities. J R Soc Interface 2019; 16:20190233. [PMID: 31431183 PMCID: PMC6731508 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2019.0233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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One of the most remarkable differences between classical engineering materials and living matter is the ability of the latter to grow and remodel in response to diverse stimuli. The mechanical behaviour of living matter is governed not only by an elastic or viscoelastic response to loading on short time scales up to several minutes, but also by often crucial growth and remodelling responses on time scales from hours to months. Phenomena of growth and remodelling play important roles, for example during morphogenesis in early life as well as in homeostasis and pathogenesis in adult tissues, which often adapt to changes in their chemo-mechanical environment as a result of ageing, diseases, injury or surgical intervention. Mechano-regulated growth and remodelling are observed in various soft tissues, ranging from tendons and arteries to the eye and brain, but also in bone, lower organisms and plants. Understanding and predicting growth and remodelling of living systems is one of the most important challenges in biomechanics and mechanobiology. This article reviews the current state of growth and remodelling as it applies primarily to soft tissues, and provides a perspective on critical challenges and future directions.
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- Davide Ambrosi
- Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
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- Institute of Continuum Mechanics and Materials, Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute of Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany
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- Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, Italy
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- Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Heyden S, Ortiz M. Functional optimality of the sulcus pattern of the human brain. MATHEMATICAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF THE IMA 2019; 36:207-221. [PMID: 29846601 DOI: 10.1093/imammb/dqy007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2018] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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We develop a mathematical model of information transmission across the biological neural network of the human brain. The overall function of the brain consists of the emergent processes resulting from the spread of information through the neural network. The capacity of the brain is therefore related to the rate at which it can transmit information through the neural network. The particular transmission model under consideration allows for information to be transmitted along multiple paths between points of the cortex. The resulting transmission rates are governed by potential theory. According to this theory, the brain has preferred and quantized transmission modes that correspond to eigenfunctions of the classical Steklov eigenvalue problem, with the reciprocal eigenvalues quantifying the corresponding transmission rates. We take the model as a basis for testing the hypothesis that the sulcus pattern of the human brain has evolved to maximize the rate of transmission of information between points in the cerebral cortex. We show that the introduction of sulci, or cuts, in an otherwise smooth domain indeed increases the overall transmission rate. We demonstrate this result by means of numerical experiments concerned with a spherical domain with a varying number of slits on its surface.
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- S Heyden
- Institut für Angewandte Mathematik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Endenicher Allee, Germany
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- Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, California Boulevard, Pasadena, USA
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Cheewaruangroj N, Biggins JS. Pattern selection when a layer buckles on a soft substrate. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:3751-3770. [PMID: 31041435 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm02548g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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If a neo-Hookean elastic layer adhered to a neo-Hookean substrate grows equibiaxially, it will buckle into a topographic pattern. Here, we combine higher order perturbation theory and finite element numerics to predict the pattern formed just beyond the buckling threshold. More precisely, we construct a series of solutions corresponding to hexagonal, square and stripe patterns, and expand the elastic energy for each pattern as a Landau-like energy series in the topography amplitude. We see that, for square and stripe patterns, the elastic energy is invariant under topography inversion, making the instabilities supercritical. However, since patterns of hexagonal dents are physically different to patterns of hexagonal bumps, the hexagonal energy lacks this invariance. This lack introduces a cubic term which causes hexagonal patterns to be formed subcritically and are hence energetically favoured. Our analytic calculation of the cubic term allows us to determine that dents are favoured in incompressible systems, but bumps are favored in sufficiently compressible systems. Finally, we consider a stiff layer sandwiched between an identical substrate and superstrate pair. This system has topography inversion symmetry, so hexagons form supercritically, and square patterns are favoured. We use finite element calculations to verify our theoretical predictions for each pattern, and confirm which pattern is selected. Previous work has used a simplified elastic model (a plate & a linear elastic substrate) that possesses invariance under topography inversion, and hence incorrectly predicted square patterns. Our work demonstrates that large strain geometry is sufficient to break this symmetry and explain the hexagonal dent patterns observed in buckling experiments.
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Alawiye H, Kuhl E, Goriely A. Revisiting the wrinkling of elastic bilayers I: linear analysis. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2019; 377:20180076. [PMID: 30879422 PMCID: PMC6452033 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2018.0076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Wrinkling is a universal instability occurring in a wide variety of engineering and biological materials. It has been studied extensively for many different systems but a full description is still lacking. Here, we provide a systematic analysis of the wrinkling of a thin hyperelastic film over a substrate in plane strain using stream functions. For comparison, we assume that wrinkling is generated either by the isotropic growth of the film or by the lateral compression of the entire system. We perform an exhaustive linear analysis of the wrinkling problem for all stiffness ratios and under a variety of additional boundary and material effects. Namely, we consider the effect of added pressure, surface tension, an upper substrate and fibres. We obtain analytical estimates of the instability in the two asymptotic regimes of long and short wavelengths. This article is part of the theme issue 'Rivlin's legacy in continuum mechanics and applied mathematics'.
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- Hamza Alawiye
- Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Living Matter Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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How Forces Fold the Cerebral Cortex. J Neurosci 2019; 38:767-775. [PMID: 29367287 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1105-17.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Revised: 11/15/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Improved understanding of the factors that govern folding of the cerebral cortex is desirable for many reasons. The existence of consistent patterns in folding within and between species suggests a fundamental role in brain function. Abnormal folding patterns found in individuals affected by a diverse array of neurodevelopmental disorders underline the clinical relevance of understanding the folding process. Recent experimental and computational efforts to elucidate the biomechanical forces involved in cerebral cortical folding have converged on a consistent approach. Brain growth is modeled with two components: an expanding outer zone, destined to become the cerebral cortex, is mechanically coupled to an inner zone, destined to become white matter, that grows at a slower rate, perhaps in response to stress induced by expansion from the outer layer. This framework is consistent with experimentally observed internal forces in developing brains, and with observations of the folding process in physical models. In addition, computational simulations based on this foundation can produce folding patterns that recapitulate the characteristics of folding patterns found in gyroencephalic brains. This perspective establishes the importance of mechanical forces in our current understanding of how brains fold, and identifies realistic ranges for specific parameters in biophysical models of developing brain tissue. However, further refinement of this approach is needed. An understanding of mechanical forces that arise during brain development and their cellular-level origins is necessary to interpret the consequences of abnormal brain folding and its role in functional deficits as well as neurodevelopmental disease.Dual Perspectives Companion Paper: How Cells Fold the Cerebral Cortex, by Víctor Borrell.
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