Table 1.

Parameter values available in the literature for PC12 cells, sensory neurons from mouse Dorsal Root Ganglia (DRG mouse), Hippocampal neurons from mouse (Hippo mouse), sensory neurons from chicken Dorsal Root Ganglia (DRG chick) and others.

Symbol	Mechanical	PC12	DRG	Hippo	DRG	Other	Units	References
	parameter		mouse	mouse	chick
${\eta }_s^e$	Effective neurite viscosity	1	−	−	−	−	Pa·s	Hill et al., 2004
σ	Neurite axial tension	~0.4	0.2−0.6	0.01−0.2	~1	−	(× 10−9) N	Dennerll et al., 1989; Lamoureux et al., 1989; Koch et al., 2012; Gárate et al., 2015
$\mathcal{B}$	Neurite flexural stiffness	−	−	−	−	0.2−2	(× 10−23) N·m2	Gittes et al., 1993; Kikumoto et al., 2006
δ	Cortex thickness	−	−	−	−	102	(× 10−9) m	Alert et al., 2015
${\eta }_m^e$	Effective cytosol viscosity	−	−	−	0.1	(1−10) × 10−3	Pa·s	Fushimi and Verkman, 1991; Dai and Sheetz, 1995; Weiß et al., 2013; Bandyopadhyay et al., 2014
γ	Membrane surface tension	~10−7	−	−	~10−6	5 × 10−5	N/m	Dai and Sheetz, 1995; Betz et al., 2009; Alert et al., 2015; Gárate et al., 2015
$\mathcal{K}$	Membrane bending stiffness	−	−	−	2.5 × 10−1	10−1	(× 10−18) N·m	Dai and Sheetz, 1995; Betz et al., 2009; Alert et al., 2015
ρb	Linkers density	−	−	−	−	1014	1/m2	Alert et al., 2015
k	Linker spring constant	~5 × 10−6	−	−	~2 × 10−5	10−4	N/m	Dennerll et al., 1989; Bernal et al., 2007; Alert et al., 2015