Magnetic resonance elastography in the study of neurodegenerative diseases

Y Feng, MC Murphy, E Hojo, F Li… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease
(PD) present a major health burden to society. Changes in brain structure and cognition are …

Biomechanical perspectives on traumatic brain injury in the elderly: A comprehensive review

H Abdi, D Sanchez-Molina… - Progress in …, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) pose a significant health concern among the elderly
population, influenced by age-related physiological changes and the prevalence of …

[HTML][HTML] Hippocampal subfield viscoelasticity in amnestic mild cognitive impairment evaluated with MR elastography

PL Delgorio, LV Hiscox, G McIlvain, MK Kramer… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2023 - Elsevier
Hippocampal subfields (HCsf) are brain regions important for memory function that are
vulnerable to decline with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), which is often a …

Magnetic resonance elastography captures a transient benefit of exercise intervention on forebrain stiffness in a rat model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

KA Milbocker, LT Williams… - Alcohol: Clinical and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), a group of prevalent conditions
resulting from prenatal alcohol exposure, affect the maturation of cerebral white matter as …

Transversely-isotropic brain in vivo MR elastography with anisotropic damping

D Jyoti, M McGarry, DA Caban-Rivera… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
Measuring tissue parameters from increasingly sophisticated mechanical property models
may uncover new contrast mechanisms with clinical utility. Building on previous work on in …

Vascular determinants of hippocampal viscoelastic properties in healthy adults across the lifespan

F Sanjana, PL Delgorio, TM DeConne… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Arterial stiffness and cerebrovascular pulsatility are non-traditional risk factors of Alzheimer's
disease. However, there is a gap in understanding the earliest mechanisms that link these …

[HTML][HTML] Brain Mechanical Properties Predict Longitudinal Cognitive Change in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

D Pavuluri, J Huston III, RL Ehman, A Manduca… - Neurobiology of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Age-related cognitive decline is a complex phenomenon that is influenced by various
neurobiological processes at the molecular, cellular, and tissue levels. The extent of this …

[HTML][HTML] Antenatal maternal intimate partner violence exposure is associated with sex-specific alterations in brain structure among young infants: Evidence from a …

LV Hiscox, G Fairchild, KA Donald… - Developmental cognitive …, 2023 - Elsevier
Maternal psychological distress during pregnancy has been linked to adverse outcomes in
children with evidence of sex-specific effects on brain development. Here, we investigated …

Associations between vascular health, brain stiffness and global cognitive function

KD Pavuluri, J Huston III, RL Ehman… - Brain …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Vascular brain injury results in loss of structural and functional connectivity and leads to
cognitive impairment. Its various manifestations, including microinfarcts, microhaemorrhages …

Simulation of a synchronized methodology for MR-based electromechanical property imaging during transcranial electrical stimulation

G Flé, E Van Houten, G Gilbert, G Cloutier - Frontiers in Physics, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Recent investigations into the biomechanics of the brain have unveiled
alteration in tissue stiffness triggered by external stimuli. For instance, visual stimulation …