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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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 |
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| 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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