Table 1.

Material Properties used in the finite element model of a 3–5 day old piglet head.

	Material Property	Source
Brain/brainstem	µ=526.9 Pa α=0.01 C1=0.332 C2=0.389 τ1=2.96 sec τ2=0.181 sec ν=0.49999	Prange & Margulies (2002)
Falx	ρ=1.13 g/cm3 E=16 MPa ν=0.45	estimated from data reported by Galford & McElhaney (1970) and Bylski et al (1986)
Connectors	3460 N/m	estimated from data reported by Monson et al. (2005)
CSF	ρ=1.0 g/cm3 K=2.2 GPa η=0.727 mPa•s	Bloomfield et al. (1998)