Alternative Paradigm of Selective Vagus Nerve Stimulation Tested on an Isolated Porcine Vagus Nerve

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Diameter of the LVN</td><td align="center"><i>≈</i>3 mm</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Circumference of the LVN</td><td align="center"><i>≈</i>9 mm</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Type of nerve fibres</td><td align="center">A, B, and C</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Number of B-fibres (%)</td><td align="center">300 (60%)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Average area of a single B-fibre</td><td align="center">16 <i>μ</i>m<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Average diameter of a single B-fibre</td><td align="center"><i>≈</i>4.6 <i>μ</i>m</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Number of A-fibres (%)</td><td align="center">200 (40%)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Number of C-fibres</td><td align="center">Majority (not counted)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Structural topography of the porcine LVN considered in the paradigm.

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Table 1: Alternative Paradigm of Selective Vagus Nerve Stimulation Tested on an Isolated Porcine Vagus Nerve 