In Vivo Penetration Mechanics and Mechanical Properties of Mouse Brain Tissue at Micrometer Scales
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Substantial advancement in the understanding of the neuronal basis of behavior and the treatment of neurological disorders has been achieved via the implantation of various devices into the brain. To design and optimize the next generation of neuronal implants while striving to minimize tissue damage, it is necessary to understand the mechanics of probe insertion at relevant length scales. Unfortunately, a broad-based understanding of brain-implant interactions at the necessary micrometer scales is largely missing. This paper presents a generalizable description of the micrometer-scale penetration mechanics and material properties of mouse brain tissue in vivo. Cylindrical stainless steel probes were inserted into the cerebral cortex and olfactory bulb of mice. The effects of probe size, probe geometry, insertion rate, insertion location, animal age, and the presence of the dura and pia on the resulting forces were measured continuously throughout probe insertion and removal. Material properties (modulus, cutting force, and frictional force) were extracted using mechanical analysis. The use of rigid, incompressible, cylindrical probes allows for a general understanding of how probe design and insertion methods influence the penetration mechanics of brain tissue in vivo that can be applied to the quantitative design of most future implantable devices.
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As implants fail to move together with tissue, compression and sliding along the interface cause damage to surrounding tissue.
“As implants fail to move together with tissue, the compression and sliding along the interface causes damage to the surrounding tissue (Goldstein and Salcman, 1973; Sharp et al., 2009; Barrese et al., 2016).”
From Foreign Body Reaction to Implanted Biomaterials and Its Impact in Nerve Neuroprosthetics (2021) · cites this paper as Sharp et al., 2009
The Results (Section III.A and III.C; page unavailable) describe tissue compression during probe insertion and friction between the probe and tissue during removal. The Discussion (Section IV.B; page unavailable) links insertion to tissue tearing. The paper does not establish that implants fail to move with tissue or that compression and sliding from that mismatch damage surrounding tissue after implantation. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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- Authors
- Sharp, A. A., Ortega, A. M., Restrepo, D., Curran-Everett, D., & Gall, K.
- Affiliations
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale (US)
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- ORCID
- Restrepo, D.
- Venue
- IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
- Published
- 2009-01
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 45-53
- ISSN
- 0018-9294 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-2531
- PMC
- PMC2855535
- OpenAlex
- W2143732412
- Cited by
- 157
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 1.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (DC-00566, R01DC000566)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS054161, R21NS054161)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Elasticity and Material Modeling
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
- Keywords
- brain tissue mechanics, probe insertion, cerebral cortex, olfactory bulb, cutting force, friction force, probe geometry, dura mater, pia mater, mouse brain, implant design
- MeSH terms
- Algorithms, Analysis of Variance, Animals, Biomechanical Phenomena, Brain, Cerebral Cortex, Dura Mater, Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, Olfactory Bulb, Pia Mater, Stainless Steel, Stress, Mechanical, Poisson Distribution, Prostheses and Implants, Mice, Elastic Modulus
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