Bending a slab of neural tissue

Mitra, P. P. (2005) Bending a slab of neural tissue. http://arXiv:q-bio/0510034v2 [q-bio.TO]. pp. 1-6.

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URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0510034v2

Abstract

In comparative and developmental neuroanatomy one encounters questions regarding the deformation of neural tissue under stress. The motivation of this note is an observation (Barbas {\it et al}) that at cortical folds or gyri, the layers of neural tissue show relative thickening or thinning of upper or deep layers. In general, the material properties of a slab of neural tissue are not known, and even if known, would probably lead to a difficult problem in elasticity theory. Here a simple argument is presented to show that bending an elastic slab should produce a relative thickening of the layers on the inside of the bend. The argument is based on the incompressibility of the material and should therefore be fairly robust.

Item Type: Paper
Uncontrolled Keywords: Tissues and Organs Biological Physics Neurons and Cognition
Subjects: organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > neurons
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > neurons
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > neurons
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Communities: CSHL labs > Mitra lab
Depositing User: CSHL Librarian
Date: 2005
Date Deposited: 09 Jan 2012 18:28
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2017 17:16
URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/22656

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