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. 2014 Sep 29;111(43):15310–15315. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1415743111

Table 2.

Mass of brain and protective structures (skull and flesh), tissue longitudinal stress wave celerity, and value of the proposed blast scaling variable for different species considered

Species Mbody, kg Mbrain, g cbrain, ms−1 Mskull, g cskull, ms−1 Mflesh, g cflesh, ms−1 η
Mouse 0.028 0.410 1,549 0.740 2,295 1.876 1,778 0.13
Pig 138.2 151.3 1,549 948.9 2,295 4,186 1,778 0.02
Human 72.97 1,573 1,549 705.6 2,295 918.1 1,778 0.75