title: HPLC determination of inorganic cation levels in CSF and plasma of conscious rabbits.
abstract: An HPLC method is described using conductimetric detection for the quantitative determination of sodium, potassium, magnesium, and calcium in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma of conscious rabbits. This method enabled the four cations to be estimated with rapidity, sensitivity, accuracy, and precision. The mean millimolar concentrations +/- SD found in CSF and (plasma) of 15 untreated animals were as follows: sodium, 146.96 +/- 17.84 (135.06 +/- 20.11); potassium, 3.32 +/- 0.56 (4.57 +/- 1.03); magnesium, 0.90 +/- 0.20 (0.72 +/- 0.13); and calcium, 1.47 +/- 0.19 (3.32 +/- 0.59).
authors.affiliation: Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca sul Metabolismo dei Farmaci Psicotropi, Istituto di Scienze Farmacologische, Siena, Italiy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frosini
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gorelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matteini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palmi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valoti
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Sgaragli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D002412:Cations / Q000097:blood* / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D008274:Magnesium / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D008297:Male; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D011817:Rabbits; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid
chemical_list: D002412:Cations; D012964:Sodium; D008274:Magnesium; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium