Table 1.

Pathologies linked with abnormal tissue mechanics and techniques used to probe them.

pathology	technique	type of samples	reference
glioma	shear rheology and compression mode	human glioma cell lines	Pogoda et al. [23]
glioblastoma	atomic force microscopy	human GBM tissue samples, mouse xenograft studies, primary human GBM cells	Miroshnikova et al. [3]
glioblastoma	atomic force microscopy, traction force microscopy, SAIM	human GBM tissue samples, mouse xenograft studies with human GBM cells, primary human cells	Barnes et al. [41]
glioblastoma	multifrequency magnetic resonance elastography	human brain parenchyma (non-invasive) of GBM patients	Streitberger et al. [43]
traumatic brain injury	a custom-built micro-indentation device	P56 mouse brain tissue	MacManus et al. [17]
neurodegenerative diseases (e.g. Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases)	three-dimensional magnetic resonance elastography ultrasound hyperechogenecity	human brain (non-invasive)	for review, see Barnes et al. [42]