HILIC-MS rat brain analysis, a new approach for the study of ischemic attack

Abstract

Clinicians often rely on selected small molecular compounds from body fluids for the detection, screening or monitoring of numerous life-threatening diseases. Among others, important monoamines – biogenic amines (BAs) – and their metabolites serve as sensitive biomarkers to study the progression or even early detection of on-going brain pathologies or tumors of neuroendocrine origins. Undertaking the task to optimize a reliable method for the simultaneous analysis of the most relevant BAs in biological matrices is of utmost importance for scientists.

Keywords

• high-performance analytical method
• transient ischemic attack
• sample preparation
• neurotransmitters
• biogenic amines