Table 1.

Differences between PC12 and PC12 Adh cell lines [20,21,24,25].

Feature	PC12 Cell Line (ATCC CRL-1721)	PC12 Adh Cell Line (ATCC CRL-1721.1)
Cell type	Cluster of floating cells	Adherent cells
Morphology	Small and irregular shape	Polygonal shape
Culture medium	RPMI-1640 with 10% DHS, 5% FBS	Ham’s F-12K with 15% DHS, 2.5% FBS
Differentiation/neurite outgrowth	Differentiation with NGF or Opti-MEM with 0.5% FBS	Neurite outgrowth promoted by Rho kinase (ROCK) inhibition