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. 2016 Aug 17;7:134. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00134

Table 2.

Summary of species CCI has been used and examples of injury parameters.

Animal (alphabetical) Injury site Depth (mm) Dwell time (ms) Velocity (ms) Craniectomy size Tip diameter (mm)
Mouse Parietal cortex 0.5–2 50–250 4–6 4–5 mm 3
Rat Parietal cortex; midline 1–3 50–250 4 6–8 mm 5–6
Pig Frontal lobe 12 50–400 2–4 16–18 mm 15
Primate Frontal lobe 7 150 3.5 11–12 mm 10