This study uses magnetic resonance elastography to assess brain mechanical properties and perineuronal net density in a rat model of FASD, showing reduced stiffness in alcohol-exposed rats that recovers by adulthood.

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NeuroscienceImaging NeurosciencePeer-reviewedJan 1, 2026

Mechanical Properties of White Matter Tracts in Aging Assessed via Anisotropic MR Elastography

Diego A. Caban-Rivera, Letitia Williams, Matthew McGarry…·Curtis L. Johnson

This study uses anisotropic MR elastography to show age-related declines in white matter mechanical properties, providing complementary information to diffusion tensor imaging.

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NeuroscienceJournal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materialsPeer-reviewedDec 2, 2025

Characterization of mechanical tissue properties in post-mortem human brain using magnetic resonance elastography

Joy Mojumder, Yuan-Chiao Lu, Alexa Diano…·Dzung L. Pham

This study uses magnetic resonance elastography to measure mechanical properties of post-mortem human brain tissue and track changes over time, revealing stiffness and damping ratio trends.

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humanimaging

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