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