Improved high-performance liquid chromatographic method for GABA and glutamate determination in regions of the rodent brain

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 289-293

  de Freitas Silva, Danielle Marra ^a   Ferraz, Vany P ^a   Ribeiro, Ângela Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid; Glutamate; HPLC; Rat brain samples

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; PHTHALALDEHYDE;

ACCURACY; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; ELUTION; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUPERNATANT; THALAMUS; TIME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; O-PHTHALALDEHYDE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149505919     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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