Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 71-78 , 5 January 2010

Neural mechanobiology and neuronal vulnerability to traumatic loading

  • Michelle C. LaPlaca

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology/Emory University, 313 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0535, United States. Tel.: +14043850629; fax: +14043855044.
    • ,
  • Gustavo R. Prado

,Accepted 30 August 2009.

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PII: S0021-9290(09)00502-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.09.011

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 71-78 , 5 January 2010

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