Development and validation of an ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass-spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) method for the simultaneous determination of neurotransmitters in rat brain samples

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-194

  González, Roberto Romero ^a   Fernández, Remedios Fernández ^a   Vidal, José Luis Martínez ^a   Frenich, Antonia Garrido ^a   Pérez, María Luz Gómez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain samples; Liquid chromatography; Neurotransmitters; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROSPRAY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 79957695394     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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