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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neural Eng. 2016 May 11;13(3):036023. doi: 10.1088/1741-2560/13/3/036023

Table A1.

Geometry of Descending Corticofugal Axonsa

Parameterb Description Unit(s) Value
D Fiber diameter µm 3
INL Intermodal length (NoR-NoR separation) µm 300
LNoR Length of NoR µm 1
DNoR Diameter of NoR µm 1.21
wNoR Periaxonal width of NoR m 2×10−3
LMYSA Length of MYSA µm 3
DMYSA Diameter of MYSA µm 1.21
wMYSA Periaxonal width of MYSA µm 2×10−3
LFLUT Length of FLUT µm 12
DFLUT Diameter of FLUT µm 1.73
wFLUT Periaxonal width of FLUT µm 4×10−3
LSTIN Length of STIN µm 89.67
DSTIN Diameter of STIN µm 1.73
wSTIN Periaxonal width of STIN µm 4×10−3
nl Number of myelin lemella unitless 51
nNoR Number of NoR unitless 1
nMYSA Number of MYSA elements per segmentc unitless 2
nFLUT Number of FLUT elements per segmentc unitless 2
nSTIN Number of STIN elements per segmentc unitless 3
a

The electrical parameters of the axon model are summarized in (McIntyre et al., 2002).

b

NoR = Node of Ranvier, MYSA = myelin attachment segment, FLUT = paranodal main segment, STIN = internodal segment

c

One segment has the following pattern: NoR-MYSA-FLUT-STIN-STIN-STIN-FLUT-MYSA…