Physical forces in the Brain
Video by @PHDcomics on the subject
2016-02-26
.@PHDcomics explains the work of mechanical engineer Ellen Kuhl and its implications for diseases like #autism: stan.md/1oKRndR
Excerpt:
"Kuhl told me, “A lot of people are trying to understand the biology, chemistry, and electricity of the brain, but nobody was really looking at the physical forces in the brain.”"
Selections from the PHDcomics video:
What do engineers do? #IntroduceAGirlToEngineeringDay #BeAnEngineer #EWeek2016
via Scientific American:
"Developing Brains Fold Like Crumpled Paper to Get Their Convolutions"
The cited above study published in Science magazine
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/349/6243/74
"Cortical folding scales universally with surface area and thickness, not number of neurons
Comment from This week in Science
An article on the study from same issue: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/349/6243/31.full
The finding of the brain folding that is different in autism
"Localized Misfolding Within Broca’s Area as a Distinctive Feature of Autistic Disorder"
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451902215000154
A geometric brain marker for autism
(explained by the French National Center for Scientific Research)
https://twitter.com/CNRS/status/686943383026319360
L' #autisme se cache-t-il dans un pli du cerveau ? http://www2.cnrs.fr/presse/communique/4373.htm …
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