Аннотация:Scanning ion-conductance microscopy (SICM) is a scanning probe microscopy technique with nanoscale resolution which allows for the surface topography investigation of nanoscale structures such as living cells in conditions close to physiological (Korchev et al., 1997). Apart from topography visualization, SICM can be used to estimate cell stiffness, which is based on elastic deformation due to colloidal pressure between nanopipette tip and cell surface, and to measure distribution of reactive oxygen species (ROS) concentration in cell.In this work we have investigated alterations in neuron stiffness and ROS level mediated by β-amyloid oligomers. β-amyloids (Aβ) are specific molecules, which form amyloid plaques in human brain and are considered responsible for Alzheimer disease (AD) development (Holmes et al., 2008). Of all Aβ isoforms, Aβ-42 has been most studied and is also widely accepted as main