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. 2018 Jul 6;12:194. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00194

Table 2.

Mechanical parameter values obtained from the experimental probability distributions (Figure 4).

Symbol Mechanical parameter Mode Median Mean Units
ηse effective neurite viscosity 0.01 0.06 0.14 Pa·s
σ neurite axial tension 0.07 0.17 0.27 (× 10−9) N
B neurite flexural stiffness 0.72 0.77 0.79 (× 10−19) N·m2
ηme effective cytosol viscosity 0.58 1.05 1.43 (× 10−2) Pa·s
γ membrane tension 1.71 2.66 3.31 (× 10−5) N/m
K membrane bending stiffness 1.72 2.42 2.87 (× 10−19) N·m
ρbk membrane-cytoskeleton coupling 1.89 2.16 2.30 (× 108) N/m3