The axonal actin-spectrin lattice acts as a tension buffering shock absorber

The Roles of Microtubules and Membrane Tension in Axonal Beading, Retraction, and Atrophy

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Cytoskeletal mechanisms of axonal contractility

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Critical roles of αII spectrin in brain development and epileptic encephalopathy

(2018) Yu Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Physical Biology of Axonal Damage

(2018) Rijk de Rooij et al.   Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Periodic actin structures in neuronal axons are required to maintain microtubules

(2017) Yue Qu et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

The nano-architecture of the axonal cytoskeleton

(2017) Christophe Leterrier et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Modeling of the axon membrane skeleton structure and implications for its mechanical properties

(2017) Yihao Zhang et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

The Effect of Temperature on Microtubule-Based Transport by Cytoplasmic Dynein and Kinesin-1 Motors

(2016) Weili Hong et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechanism of Axonal Contractility in Embryonic Drosophila Motor Neurons In Vivo

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Non-invasive assessment of sciatic nerve stiffness during human ankle motion using ultrasound shear wave elastography

(2016) Ricardo J. Andrade et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Measurement of Subcellular Force Generation in Neurons

(2015) Matthew O’Toole et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechanical Effects of Dynamic Binding between Tau Proteins on Microtubules during Axonal Injury

(2015) Hossein Ahmadzadeh et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Opposite rheological properties of neuronal microcompartments predict axonal vulnerability in brain injury

(2015) Thomas Grevesse et al.   Scientific Reports

STED Nanoscopy Reveals the Ubiquity of Subcortical Cytoskeleton Periodicity in Living Neurons

(2015) Elisa D’Este et al.   Cell Reports

Viscoelasticity of Tau Proteins Leads to Strain Rate-Dependent Breaking of Microtubules during Axonal Stretch Injury: Predictions from a Mathematical Model

(2014) Hossein Ahmadzadeh et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechanical control of the sense of touch by β-spectrin

(2014) Michael Krieg et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Modeling semiflexible polymer networks

(2014) C. P. Broedersz et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Developmental mechanism of the periodic membrane skeleton in axons

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Optical fiber-based force transducer for microscale samples

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Contribution of cytoskeletal elements to the axonal mechanical properties

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Computational Modeling of Axonal Microtubule Bundles under Tension

(2012) Stephen J. Peter et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

American Medical Society for Sports Medicine position statement: concussion in sport

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Axonal pathology in traumatic brain injury

(2012) Victoria E. Johnson et al.   EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

Spectraplakins: Master orchestrators of cytoskeletal dynamics

(2012) Kathleen C. Suozzi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Temperature dependent measurements reveal similarities between muscle and non-muscle myosin motility

(2012) Christopher M. Yengo et al.   JOURNAL OF MUSCLE RESEARCH AND CELL MOTILITY

Actin, Spectrin, and Associated Proteins Form a Periodic Cytoskeletal Structure in Axons

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Linear and Nonlinear Rheology of Living Cells

(2011) Philip Kollmannsberger et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Competing Interactions Stabilize Pro- and Anti-aggregant Conformations of Human Tau

(2011) Susanne Wegmann et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Cysteine shotgun-mass spectrometry (CS-MS) reveals dynamic sequence of protein structure changes within mutant and stressed cells

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Elasticity in Ionically Cross-Linked Neurofilament Networks

(2010) Norman Y. Yao et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Biomechanics of Concussion

(2010) David F. Meaney et al.   CLINICS IN SPORTS MEDICINE

Mechanical breaking of microtubules in axons during dynamic stretch injury underlies delayed elasticity, microtubule disassembly, and axon degeneration

(2009) Min D. Tang-Schomer et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Gel-expanded to gel-condensed transition in neurofilament networks revealed by direct force measurements

(2009) Roy Beck et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Strain hardening, avalanches, and strain softening in dense cross-linked actin networks

(2008) Jan A. Åström et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Universality in cell mechanics

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Spectrin Folding versus Unfolding Reactions and RBC Membrane Stiffness

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