期刊
JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS
卷 122, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2021.104697
关键词
Brain mechanics; Alzheimer's disease; Viscoelasticity; Biomechanical testing
资金
- European Research Council under the European Union [615170]
- Alzheimer Society in the Netherlands (Alzheimer Nederland) [WE.03-2017-04]
- European Research Council (ERC) [615170] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
Evidence of altered tissue mechanics in neurodegeneration is increasing, especially in Alzheimer's disease. Viscoelastic differences have been found in the brain tissue of APP/PS1 mice compared to wild-type mice, with regions in the hippocampus showing increased stiffness and viscous dissipation. Despite overall mechanical heterogeneity, local alterations in stiffness were not observed at the cellular scale around the plaques.
There is increasing evidence of altered tissue mechanics in neurodegeneration. However, due to difficulties in mechanical testing procedures and the complexity of the brain, there is still little consensus on the role of mechanics in the onset and progression of neurodegenerative diseases. In the case of Alzheimer's disease (AD), magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) studies have indicated viscoelastic differences in the brain tissue of AD patients and healthy controls. However, there is a lack of viscoelastic data from contact mechanical testing at higher spatial resolution. Therefore, we report viscoelastic maps of the hippocampus obtained by a dynamic indentation on brain slices from the APP/PS1 mouse model where individual brain regions are resolved. A comparison of viscoelastic parameters shows that regions in the hippocampus of the APP/PS1 mice are significantly stiffer than wild-type (WT) mice and have increased viscous dissipation. Furthermore, indentation mapping at the cellular scale directly on the plaques and their surroundings did not show local alterations in stiffness although overall mechanical heterogeneity of the tissue was high (SD similar to 40%).
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