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Table 2 Material conductivities used in finite element models of VNS, adapted from Table 1 of (Musselman et al. 2023b)

From: Scaling of vagus nerve stimulation parameters does not achieve equivalent nerve responses across species

Material

Electrical Conductivity σ (S/m)

References

Muscle

{0.086, 0.086, 0.35}

(Gielen et al. 1984)

Silicone

10–12

(Callister & Rethwisch 2012)

Platinum

9.43 × 106

(de Podesta et al. 1996)

Saline

1.76

(Horch 2017)

Encapsulation Tissue

0.159

(Grill & Mortimer 1994)

Epineurium

0.159

(Grill & Mortimer 1994; Pelot et al. 2017; Stolinski 1995)

Perineurium

0.0008703

(Pelot et al. 2019; Weerasuriya et al. 1984)

Endoneurium

{0.167, 0.167, 0.571}

(Pelot et al. 2019; Ranck & BeMent 1965)