Publications

Colonic motor pattern generation

Anantha Krishnan A, Dinning PG, Holland MA (submitted). "A Biophysical Model of Human Colonic Motor Pattern Generation in Health and Disease."

(bioRxiv preprint) (code)


Colon hypertrophy in Gulf War Illness

Anantha Krishnan A, Raghavan SA, Holland MA (submitted). “Modeling inflammation-driven colon hypertrophy and motility changes in Gulf War Illness.”

(bioRxiv preprint)


Astrocytes in white matter

Taneja K, Saito K, Kawasaki H, Holland MA (submitted). “Astrocytes in white matter respond to tensile cues during cortical folding: a numerical study.”.

(preprint) (code)


Secondary damage in TBI

Jafarabadi F, Datta M, Holland MA (2026) “Secondary damage in traumatic brain injury: bridging the gaps through computational approaches.” Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

(DOI)


Axons

Wang X, Wang S, Holland MA (2024). "Axonal tension contributes to consistent fold placement." Soft Matter

(DOI) (code)


Dura mater prestretch

Consolini J, Oberman A, Sayut J, Damen F, Goergen C, Ravosa M, Holland MA (2024) "Investigation of direction- and age-dependent prestretch in mouse cranial dura mater." Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

(DOI) (code and data)


Neonate

Demirci N & Holland MA (2024) "Scaling patterns of cortical folding and thickness in early human brain development in comparison to primates." Cerebral Cortex

(DOI) (code and data)


Cortical folds perspective

Demirci N, Jafarabadi F, Wang X, Wang S, Holland MA (2023) "Consistency and variation in the placement of cortical folds: a perspective." Brain Multiphysics

(DOI)


Primate cortical patterns

Demirci N, Hoffman ME, Holland MA (2023) "Systematic cortical thickness and curvature patterns in primates." Neuroimage

(DOI) (code) (data)


Dendrite growth

Wang S, Wang X, Holland MA (2023) "Multi-physics modeling and finite-element formulation of neuronal dendrite growth with electrical polarization." Brain Multiphysics

(DOI) (code)


CSF pressure on folding

Jafarabadi F, Wang S, Holland MA (2023) "A numerical study on the influence of cerebrospinal fluid pressure on brain folding." Journal of Applied Mechanics

(DOI) (code)


Bok's principle

Consolini J, Demirci N, Fulwider A, Hutsler JJ, Holland MA (2022) "Bok's equi-volume principle: Translation, historical context, and a modern perspective." Brain Multiphysics

(DOI) (code)


Neuronal migration

Wang S, Saito K, Kawasaki H, Holland MA (2022) "Orchestrated neuronal migration and cortical folding: A computational and experimental study." PLOS Computational Biology

(DOI) (code) (data)


Cortical thickness variation

Demirci N & Holland MA (2022) "Cortical thickness systematically varies with curvature and depth in healthy human brains." Human Brain Mapping

(DOI) (code)


Cortical folding models review

Darayi M, Hoffman M, Sayut J, Demirci N, Consolini J, Holland MA (2021) "Computational models of cortical folding: a review of common approaches." Journal of Biomechanics

(DOI)


Soft tissue incompatibility

Lee T, Holland MA, Weickenmeier J, Gosain AK, and Buganza Tepole A (2021) "The Geometry of Incompatibility in Growing Soft Tissues: Theory and Numerical Characterization." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

(DOI) (pdf)


Biomechanically coupled growth

Wang S, Demirci N, Holland MA (2020) "Numerical investigation of biomechanically coupled growth in cortical folding." Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

(DOI) (pdf) (code)


Folding-driven thickness

Holland MA, Budday S, Li G, Shen D, Goriely A, Kuhl E (2020) "Folding drives cortical thickness variations." European Physical Journal Special Topics

(DOI)


Surface pressure stability

Darayi M, Holland MA (2020) "Surface pressure reduces stability in bilayered systems under compression." International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

(code)


Stiffness contrast wrinkling

Colin J, Darayi M, Holland MA (2019) "Stiffness contrast and separation influence wrinkling of adjacent layers in a homogeneous matrix." Journal of Applied Mechanics

(DOI) (code) (data)


Layer wrinkling matrix

Colin J & Holland MA (2019) “Layer wrinkling in an inhomogeneous matrix.” International Journal of Solids and Structures

(DOI) (pdf) (code)


Symmetry breaking in wrinkles

Holland MA, Budday S, Goriely A, Kuhl E (2018) "Symmetry Breaking in Wrinkling Patterns: Gyri Are Universally Thicker than Sulci." Physical Review Letters

(DOI) (pdf)


Heart valve development

Oomen, PJA, Holland MA, Bouten CVC, Kuhl E, Loerakker S (2018) "Growth and remodeling play opposing roles during postnatal human heart valve development." Scientific Reports

(DOI) (pdf)


Soft film instabilities

Holland MA, Li B, Feng XQ, Kuhl E (2017) "Instabilities of soft films on compliant substrates." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

(DOI) (pdf) (code)


Axonal elongation morphologies

Holland MA, Miller KE, Kuhl E (2015) "Emerging Brain Morphologies from Axonal Elongation." Annals of Biomedical Engineering

(DOI) (pdf)


Thin films mechanics

Holland MA, Kosmata T, Goriely A, Kuhl E (2013) "On the mechanics of thin films and growing surfaces." Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

(DOI) (pdf)


Stretched skin mechanobiology

Zöllner AM, Holland MA, Honda KS, Gosain AK, Kuhl E (2013) "Growth on demand: Reviewing the mechanobiology of stretched skin." Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

(DOI) (pdf)