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ArticlePloS one2020

Effect of experimental, morphological and mechanical factors on the murine spinal cord subjected to transverse contusion: A finite element study.

Marion Fournely, Yvan Petit, Eric Wagnac, Morgane Evin, Pierre-Jean Arnoux

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Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Marion FournelyLaboratoire de Biomécanique Appliquée (LBA), UMR T24, Aix-Marseille Université, IFSTTAR, Marseille, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9388-3257
Yvan PetitInternational Laboratory on Spine Imaging and Biomechanics (iLab-Spine), Marseille, France.
Eric WagnacInternational Laboratory on Spine Imaging and Biomechanics (iLab-Spine), Marseille, France.
Morgane EvinLaboratoire de Biomécanique Appliquée (LBA), UMR T24, Aix-Marseille Université, IFSTTAR, Marseille, France.
Pierre-Jean ArnouxLaboratoire de Biomécanique Appliquée (LBA), UMR T24, Aix-Marseille Université, IFSTTAR, Marseille, France.
Aix-Marseille Université · FRHôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Finite element models combined with animal experimental models of spinal cord injury provides the opportunity for investigating the effects of the injury mechanism on the neural tissue deformation and the resulting tissue damage. Thus, we developed a finite element model of the mouse cervical spinal cord in order to investigate the effect of morphological, experimental and mechanical factors on the spinal cord mechanical behavior subjected to transverse contusion. The overall mechanical behavior of the model was validated with experimental data of unilateral cervical contusion in mice. The effects of the spinal cord material properties, diameter and curvature, and of the impactor position and inclination on the strain distribution were investigated in 8 spinal cord anatomical regions of interest for 98 configurations of the model. Pareto analysis revealed that the material properties had a significant effect (p<0.01) for all regions of interest of the spinal cord and was the most influential factor for 7 out of 8 regions. This highlighted the need for comprehensive mechanical characterization of the gray and white matter in order to develop effective models capable of predicting tissue deformation during spinal cord injuries.

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Models, NeurologicalAnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaComputer SimulationDisease Models, AnimalFinite Element AnalysisGray MatterHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalMiceSpinal Cord InjuriesWhite Matter

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PMID32392241
PMCPMC7213721
OpenAlexW3021216786

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