Publication

K. Tommy, M.M. Barak. Locomotion and the Foot and ankle (Chapter 10). In: Behavior in our bones. Ed. Cara Hirst, Rebecca Gilmour, Francisca Cardoso, Kimberly Plomp. Elsevier. ISBN 9780128213834 (2023)

E.B. Long, M.M. Barak , V.J. Frost. The effect of Staphylococcus aureus exposure on white-tailed deer trabecular bone stiffness and yield. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 126:105000 (2022)

J.T. Nguyen and M.M. Barak. Secondary osteon structural heterogeneity between the cranial and caudal cortices of the proximal humerus in white-tailed deer. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223(11): jeb225482 (2020)

M.M. Barak. Bone modeling or bone remodeling: That is the question. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 172: 153-5 (2020)

Z. Wood, L. Lynn, J.T. Nguyen, M.A. Black, M. Patel and M.M. Barak. Are we crying Wolff? 3D printed replicas of trabecular bone structure demonstrate higher stiffness and strength during off-axis loading. Bone. 127: 635-45 (2019)

A.N. Kunde, V.J. Frost, M.M. Barak. Acute exposure of white-tailed deer cortical bone to Staphylococcus aureus did not result in reduced bone stiffness. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 82: 329-37 (2018)

M.M. Barak, M.A. Black. A novel use of 3D printing model demonstrates the effects of deteriorated trabecular bone structure on bone stiffness and strength. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 78: 455-64 (2018)

M.M. Barak, E. Sherratt, D.E. Lieberman. Using principle trabecular orientation to differentiate joint loading orientation in the 3rd metacarpal heads of humans and chimpanzees. Journal of Human Evolution 113: 173-82 (2017)

J.W. Barrera, A. Le Cabec and M.M. Barak. The orthotropic elastic properties of fibrolamellar bone tissue in juvenile white-tailed deer femora. Journal of Anatomy 229(4):568-76 (2016)

M.M. Barak, D.E. Lieberman, D. Raichlen, H. Pontzer, A. Warrener and J.J Hublin. Trabecular evidence for a human-like gait in Australopithecus africanus. PLOS ONE 8(11): e77687 (2013)

M.M. Barak, D.E. Lieberman and J.J. Hublin. Of mice, rats and men: Trabecular bone in mammals scale to body mass with negative allometry. Journal of Structural Biology. 183:123-31 (2013)

M.M Barak, D.E Lieberman and J.J. Hublin. A Wolff in sheep’s clothing: Trabecular bone adaptation in response to changes in joint loading orientation. Bone. 49:1141-51 (2011)

M.M Barak, S. Weiner and R. Shahar. The contribution of trabecular bone to the stiffness and strength of rat lumbar vertebrae. Spine. 35:E1153-9 (2010)

M.M. Barak, S. Geiger, N. Lev-Tov Chattah, R. Shahar and S. Weiner. Enamel dictates whole tooth deformation:  A finite element model study validated by an optical method. Journal of Structural Biology 168:511-20 (2009)

M.M. Barak, A. Sharir and R. Shahar. Optical metrology methods for mechanical testing of whole bones. The Veterinary Journal 180:7-14 (2009)

M.M. Barak, J.D. Currey, S. Weiner and R. Shahar. Are tensile and compressive Young’s moduli of compact bone different? Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 2:51-60 (2009)

M.M. Barak, S. Weiner and R. Shahar. Importance of the integrity of trabecular bone to the relationship between load and deformation of rat femora: An optical metrology study. Journal of Materials Chemistry 18:3855-64 (2008)

A. Sharir, M.M. Barak and R. Shahar. Whole bone mechanics and mechanical testing. The Veterinary Journal 177:8-17(2008)

L. Nadav, V. Kalchenko, M.M. Barak, E. Naparstek, B. Geiger, B.Z. Katz.  Tumorigenic potential and disease manifestations of malignant B-cell variants differing in their fibronectin adhesiveness. Experimental Hematology 36:1524-34 (2008)

R. Shahar, P. Zaslansky, M. Barak, A.A. Friesem, J.D. Currey and S. Weiner. Anisotropic Poisson's ratio and compression modulus of cortical bone determined by speckle interferometry. Journal of Biomechanics 40:252-64 (2007)

M.M. Barak. Structural Properties of Bone Under Habitual Physiological Tension – a Study of Popliteal Sesamoid Bones (cyamella) from New Zealand White Rabbit. Developmental Dynamics 252 (7): 837-8 (2023)

M.M. Barak, J. Schlott, S. Blair. Morphological Examination of Vertebral Bodies (Centrum) From Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) Using High-Resolution Micro-CT Scans. FASEB 36 (S1) (2022).

M.M. Barak. Haversian Remodeling in Juvenile White‐Tailed Deer Takes Place Prominently in the Humerus Proximal Diaphysis. FASEB 35 S1 (2021)

M.M. Barak, A. Le Cabec. The absence of plexiform bone is not a reliable sole indicator to differentiate human from deer bone. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 174(S71):7 (2021).

M.M. Barak, J. Nguyen. Quantifying regional variations of secondary osteons’ size from white-tailed deer proximal humeri as a tool to predict compressive vs. tensile loading. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 171(S69):17 (2020)

M.M. Barak. Trabecular bone reinforces cortical bone capability to withstand off-axis loading. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 165(S66):18 (2018)

M.M. Barak, M.A. Black. Using 3D-Printing to Evaluate Trabecular Bone Mechanical Properties. FASEB Journal 31 902.23 (2017)

D.E. Lieberman, M.M. Barak, C.P. Rolian, D.A. Raichlen, H. Pontzer. Testing hypotheses about hominin locomotor evolution using models not analogies. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 162(S64):262-3 (2017)

M.M. Barak, E. Sherratt, D.E. Lieberman. Trabecular orientation in the 3rd metacarpal head of humans and chimps reveals their difference in locomotion behavior. American Journal Physical Anthropology 159(S62):86 (2016)

D.E. Lieberman, M.M. Barak, J.J. Hublin. Sheep in shoes: a new experimental test of Wolff's Law of trabecular orientation. American Journal Physical Anthropology 147(S54):194 (2012)

M.M. Barak, S. Weiner, R. Shahar. The contribution of trabecular bone tissue to the mechanical behavior of whole rat femora. Journal of Biomechanics 41 Supplement 1: S47 (2008)

P. Zaslansky, R. Shahar, M.M. Barak, A.A. Friesem, and S. Weiner. Tooth and bone deformation: structure and material properties by ESPI. Proc. SPIE 6341:634109 (2006)

R. Shahar, P. Zaslansky, M. Barak, A.A. Friesem, J.D. Currey and S. Weiner. Speckle interferometry: a novel method to map three-dimensional surface deformations of small bone samples. Journal of Biomechanics 39 Supplement 1:S18 (2006)