title: Plasma serotonin monitoring by blood microdialysis coupled to high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection in humans.
abstract: Plasma serotonin (5-HT) active pool was monitored in male volunteers by intravenous microdialysis coupled to HPLC-EC with 98.6% efficient probes. 5-HT was monitored from 60 min before to 360 min after an oral dose of fluoxetine, a 5-HT uptake inhibitor, or vehicle. The basal values were within nanomolar range (0.55 to 4.6 ng/ml). After administration of fluoxetine, there was a significant increment of 5-HT with respect to controls. These results showed that intravenous microdialysis is an alternative efficient technique to monitor endogenous unbound 5-HT changes in plasma without extracting blood or sample pretreatment procedures before the chemical analysis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Behavioral Physiology, School of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Páez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hernández
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017551:Microdialysis; D012016:Reference Values; D012701:Serotonin / Q000097:blood*; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D005473:Fluoxetine; D012701:Serotonin; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors