Change of extracellular ascorbic acid in the brain cortex following ice water vestibular stimulation: An on-line electrochemical detection coupled with in vivo microdialysis sampling for guinea pigs

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1120-1125

  Zhang, Na ^a   Liu, Jun Xiu ^a   Ma, Fu Rong ^a   Yu, Li Sheng ^b   Lin, Yu Qing ^c   Liu, Kun ^c   Mao, Lan Qun ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Caloric vestibular stimulation; In vivo microdialysis; On line electrochemical detection; Primary somatosensory area

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; GUINEA PIG; IN VIVO STUDY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; ONLINE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VERTIGO; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 51149120181     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200806020-00016     Document Type: Article

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