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. 2018 Nov 27;9:1010. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2018.01010

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Illustration of different brain MRE set-ups reported in the litterature. (1) Picture of a piezoelectric actuator linked to a bite-bar by a plastic rod, Clayton 2011. (2) schema of a modal actuator driving a vertical piston hitting the back of the rodent head, Chatelin 2016. (3) Electromagnetic actuator driving a vertical piston glued on the mouse skull, Atay 2008. (4) Schema of the external transducer transmitting excitation to a nose cone maintained on the mouse head by rubber bands and picture of the nose cone and plots maintaining the mouse head, Patz 2017. Advantages (+) and drawbacks (–) of the actuation transmitters and actuators are listed. Actuation movements are symbolized by orange arrows. Pictures extracted from (14) © Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine. Reproduced by permission of IOP Publishing. All rights reserved; and (20).