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) |
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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 |