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. 2020 Jan 30;9:e53205. doi: 10.7554/eLife.53205

Table 3. Thermal and mechanical properties of gray matter (Stujenske et al., 2015).

Variable Parameter Value Units
ρ Density 1.04 × 10−3 g/mm3
c Brain specific heat 3.65 × 103 mJ/g°C
k Thermal conductivity 0.527 mW/mm °C
ρb Blood density 1.06 × 10−3 g/mm3
cb Blood specific heat 3.6 × 103 mJ/g°C
wb Blood perfusion rate 8.5 × 10−3 /s
q Metabolic heat 9.5 × 10−3 mW/mm3
TA Arterial temperature 36.7 °C