Blood sampling methodology is crucial for precise measurement of plasma catecholamines concentrations in mice

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 447, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 254-258

  Grouzmann, Eric ^a   Cavadas, Claudia ^b   Grand, Daniela ^a   Moratel, Martine ^a   Aubert, Jean François ^a   Brunner, Hans R ^a   Mazzolai, Lucia ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Blood sampling; Cold stress; Epinephrine; Mice; Norepinephrine; Retro orbital

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPITATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATECHOLAMINES; CATHETERIZATION; COLD; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; MICE; ORBIT; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; STRESS;

EID: 0842265696     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-003-1140-x     Document Type: Article

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