Determination of unconjugated neurosteroids in rat brain regions by liquid chromatography-negative atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometry

Yaoxue Xuebao

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 262-266

  Ren, Jin Min ^b   Hou, Yan Ning ^a,b  

^a BETHUNE INTERNATIONAL PEACE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allopregnenolone; Brain region; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry; Methyltestosterone; Pregnenolone

Indexed keywords

2 NITRO 4 TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYLHYDRAZINE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALLOPREGNENOLONE; HEXANE; HYDRAZINE DERIVATIVE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DERIVATIZATION; EXTRACTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; ION MONITORING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PURIFICATION; RAT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STANDARD; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNENOLONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18244364104     PISSN: 05134870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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