Biomechanical Analysis of Fluid Percussion Model of Brain Injury

Fluid percussion injury (FPI) is a widely used experimental model for studying traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, little is known about how the brain mechanically responds to fluid impacts and how the mechanical pressures/strains of the brain correlate to subsequent brain damage for rodents during FPI. Hence, we developed a numerical approach to simulate FPI experiments on rats and characterize rat brain pressure/strain responses at a high resolution. A previous rat brain model was improved with a new hexahedral elements-based skull model and a new cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) layer.
Source: Journal of Biomechanics - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Tags: Short communication Source Type: research