A refined HPLC method to measure catecholamine-o-methyltransferase activity in selected brain regions

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 137-142

  Shen, Xiaoyu ^a   Puthran, Namrata ^a   Weissman, Arthur ^a  

^a Caliper Life Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cocaine; Drug abuse; Drug metabolism; Enzyme activity; Fluorescent detection; MAO; Monoamine; Rat

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 17444411551     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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