Introduction

Abstract

The mechanical behaviour of living tissues continues to be the major topic of biomechanical investigations. Significantly increased interest in the biomechanics of soft tissues, and in particular the brain, as evidenced by the increased number of publications in this area, warrants an attempt to summarise recent developments in the form of a book. This 2^nd edition of ‘Biomechanics of the Brain’ brings the current state of the art in the biomechanics of the brain to the reader. I have attempted to include all relevant aspects of biomechanical modelling that have progressed beyond initial investigations and attained a certain level of maturity, as well as the fields of their application. Chapter contributors present the current state of the art in their specific fields in an authoritative way. Therefore, some of the newest and still tentative developments (e.g. the biomechanics of cortical folding) have been intentionally omitted. Chapter 1 introduces materials covered in detail in this book.