Combined liquid and solid-phase extraction improves quantification of brain estrogen content

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Chao, Andrew ^a,b   Schlinger, Barney A ^a   Remage Healey, Luke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

ELISA; Estrogen; Neurosteroid; Protocol

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FINCH; HORMONAL REGULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84862977170     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00057     Document Type: Article

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