title: On measurement of brain elastic response in vivo.
abstract: The elastic response behavior of brain tissue in vivo has been shown to be sensitive to the physiological environment of the brain and thus represents a useful parameter for identifying effects of controlled changes on the system. Here we describe a method for measuring brain elastic response using an epidural pressure-depth transducer and a minimum number of insertions. The method also serves to identify the nonlinear response of brain tissue.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004285:Dogs; D004548:Elasticity; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008722:Methods; D014159:Transducers