title: Microfabricated sampling probes for in vivo monitoring of neurotransmitters.
abstract: Microfabricated fluidic systems have emerged as a powerful approach for chemical analysis. Relatively unexplored is the use of microfabrication to create sampling probes. We have developed a sampling probe microfabricated in Si by bulk micromachining and lithography. The probe is 70 μm wide by 85 μm thick by 11 mm long and incorporates two buried channels that are 20 μm in diameter. The tip of the probe has two 20 μm holes where fluid is ejected or collected for sampling. Utility of the probe was demonstrated by sampling from the brain of live rats. For sampling, artificial cerebral spinal fluid was infused in through one channel at 50 nL/min while sample was withdrawn at the same flow rate from the other channel. Analysis of resulting fractions collected every 20 min from the striatum of rats by liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry demonstrated reliable detection of 17 neurotransmitters and metabolites. The small probe dimensions suggest it is less perturbing to tissue and can be used to sample smaller brain nuclei than larger sampling devices, such as microdialysis probes. This sampling probe may have other applications such as sampling from cells in culture. The use of microfabrication may also enable incorporation of electrodes for electrochemical or electrophysiological recording and other channels that enable more complex sample preparation on the device.
authors.forename: Woong Hee
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Slaney
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Hower
authors.forename: Robert T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000737:chemistry*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008839:Microelectrodes / Q000592:standards / Q000662:veterinary*; D055616:Microtechnology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques
chemical_list: D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents
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