Bending a slab of neural tissue
| dc.creator | Mitra, Partha P. | |
| dc.date | 2005-10-17 | |
| dc.date | 2006-11-08 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:48:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:48:37Z | |
| dc.description | 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. | |
| dc.description | 6 pages, 2 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0510034 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0510034 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/104078 | |
| dc.subject | Tissues and Organs | |
| dc.subject | Biological Physics | |
| dc.subject | Neurons and Cognition | |
| dc.title | Bending a slab of neural tissue | |
| dc.type | text |