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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 11.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2011 Oct 13;40(1):23–36. doi: 10.1007/s10439-011-0390-6

Figure 5. Changes in network activity following 35 and 10% mechanical stretch.

Figure 5

The spontaneous activity of a mature culture is greatly reduced and de-synchronized 1 h after 35% stretch (a, b). There is a significant drop in global synchronization and excitatory tone (p< 0.01) and an increase in modularity of the network (c). Alternatively, network activity is unaltered after 10% stretch and shows a transient period of heightened activity (d, e). Synchronization, modularity and excitatory tone remain unchanged after 10% stretch (f).