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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-12-13
pubmed:abstractText
Amperometry allows real-time measurement of in vivo electrochemical signals, albeit with no capacity to identify the constituents of the signal. In the present study, differential amperometry was used to monitor catecholamine and serotonin (5-HT) simultaneously at the same location. 'Dident' carbon fibre microelectrodes (microelectrodes with two working electrodes in a single assembly) were constructed and coated with Nafion to prevent poisoning on contact with brain tissue. One electrode (channel A) was held at +200 mV versus Ag/AgCl to monitor catecholamines selectively. This potential is too low to oxidise 5-HT. The second electrode (channel B), recording faradaic current at +500 mV versus Ag/AgCl, measured the sum of catecholamine and 5-HT oxidation. The 5-HT current component was the difference of channel B minus channel A. With appropriate balancing of the two channels, it is possible to record catecholamines and 5-HT simultaneously at the same dident microelectrode. Examples of measurements in striatum, cortex and locus coeruleus are shown.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0165-0270
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
140
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Biological Assay, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Brain Chemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Carbon, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Catecholamines, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Microelectrodes, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Monoamine Oxidase, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Neurochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Organ Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Serotonin, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Silver Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:15589328-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Simultaneous real-time amperometric measurement of catecholamines and serotonin at carbon fibre 'dident' microelectrodes.
pubmed:affiliation
Neurotransmission Laboratory, Academic Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Alexandra Wing, Anaesthetic Unit, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London E1 1BB, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't