How growing tumour impacts intracranial pressure and deformation mechanics of brain.

ABSTRACT: Brain is an actuator for control and coordination. When a pathology arises in cranium, it may leave a degenerative, disfiguring and destabilizing impact on brain physiology. However, the leading consequences of the same may vary from case to case. Tumour, in this context, is a special type of pathology which deforms brain parenchyma permanently. From translational perspective, deformation mechanics and pressures, specifically the intracranial cerebral pressure (ICP) in a tumour-housed brain, have not been addressed holistically in literature. This is an important area to investigate in neuropathy prognosis. To address this, we aim to solve the pressure mystery in a tumour-based brain in this study and present a fairly workable methodology. Using image-based finite-element modelling, we rec

SUBMITTER: Ahmed A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8479368 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature