Table 1.

List of symbols in the viscoelastic shear-lag model

Parameter	Quantity	Value	Ref.
RO	MT outer radius	12.5 nm	(19)
RI	MT inner radius	7 nm
EM	MT Young’s modulus	1.9 GPa	(19)
dM	MT spacing	23–38 nm	(20)
dT	Tau protein spacing	20–40 nm	(8)
2L	MT length	2–10 μm	(21)
—	MT rupture tensile strain	50%	(26)
K	Tau protein spring constant	0.25 pN/nm	(18)
η	Tau protein dashpot timescale	0.35 s	(18)