On measurement of brain elastic response in vivo.
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.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004285:Dogs; D004548:Elasticity; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008722:Methods; D014159:Transducers