TABLE 1
Effects of nicotine and Aβ peptides on PC-12 cell viability maintained in the presence of NGF
Treatment
Percentage of Viable Cells
Mean
S.E.M.
Growth factor-deprived
68.48
7.88
Growth factor-maintained
99.99
0.76
+ Nicotine 100 μM
98.88
0.70
+ Aβ1-42 100 nM
99.66
2.10
+ Aβ1-40 100 nM
99.47
1.76
+ Aβ40-1 100 nM
98.79
8.05