Dr Elizabeth Brown
Visiting Scientific Officer, NeuRA
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Professor
Lynne Bilston
Current Appointments
Senior Principal Research Scientist
NHMRC Senior Research Fellow
Conjoint Professor, UNSW Medicine
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From a background in biomechanical engineering, the focus of my research is on how the soft tissues in the human body respond to mechanical loading – both those loads which cause injury and those which are part of normal function. I develop novel methods for measuring biomechanical properties and behaviour of soft tissues in humans, particularly using Magnetic Resonance Imaging and rheometry. I apply these techniques to study mechanisms of traumatic injury, disorders of cerebrospinal fluid flow in the brain and spinal cord, and obstructive sleep apnoea.
Publications
2023 Sep
A novel method to quantify perivascular space enlargement near the syrinx in a rodent model of post-traumatic syringomyelia.
View full journal-article on http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37700036
2023, 31 Aug
Direct optogenetic activation of upper airway muscles in an acute model of upper airway hypotonia mimicking sleep onset
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsad226
2023 Aug
Differences in participant characteristics and observed child restraint use between population-based and restraint fitting service samples.
View full journal-article on http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37585680
2023 Jun
Aquaporin-4 expression and modulation in a rat model of post-traumatic syringomyelia.
View full journal-article on http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37316571
2023 May
Current Understanding of the Anatomy, Physiology, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Neurofluids: Update From the 2022 "ISMRM Imaging Neurofluids Study group" Workshop in Rome.
View full journal-article on http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37141288
2023 May
Optogenetic Control of Muscles: Potential Uses and Limitations.
View full journal-article on http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37029800
2023 May
Strain-dependent shear properties of human adipose tissue in vivo.
View full journal-article on http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37276651
2023 Mar
Ex vivo bovine liver nonlinear viscoelastic properties: MR elastography and rheological measurements
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105638
2023 Jan
Association Between Duration of Transient Neurological Events and Diffusion-Weighted Brain Lesions.
View full journal-article on http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36695298
2023 Jan
The combined use of DTI and MR elastography for monitoring microstructural changes in the developing brain of a neurodevelopmental disorder model: Poly (I:C)-induced maternal immune-activated rats.
View full journal-article on http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36638122
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