Capillary liquid chromatography combined with tandem mass spectrometry for the study of neurosteroids and oxysterols in brain

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 52, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 506-521

  Wang, Yuqin ^a   Griffiths, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cholesterol; Hydroxycholesterol; Pregnanolone; Steroid; Sterol

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3BETA HYDROXY 5BETA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 5ALPHA PREGNANE 3,20 DIONE; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTERONE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; DESMOSTEROL; ELTANOLONE; NEUROSTEROID; OXYSTEROL; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREGNENOLONE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAPILLARY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DESORPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PROTEOMICS; STEROIDS; STEROLS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 38349166111     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.07.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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