Advances in technology have allowed for the sensitive, specific, and simultaneous
quantitative profiling of steroid precursors, bioactive steroids and inactive metabolites …

Drug of abuse (DOA) consumption is a growing problem worldwide, particularly with
increasing numbers of new psychoactive substances (NPS) entering the drug market …

Growing evidence places the gestational period as a unique moment of heightened
neuroplasticity in adult life. In this longitudinal study spanning pre, during, and post …

Liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) is a powerful tool that is
changing the way we analyse steroids in the clinical laboratory. It is already opening up the …

Importance Maternal suboptimal nutrition and high stress levels are associated with adverse
fetal and childhood neurodevelopment. Objective To test the hypothesis that structured …

For several decades now, the analysis of steroids has been a key tool in the diagnosis and
monitoring of numerous endocrine pathologies. Thus, the available methods used to …

Glucocorticoids (GCs) have been increasingly reported to have adverse effects on aquatic
organisms, but the lack of comprehensive analytical methods for a broad number of GCs has …

Hormones are chemical messengers that regulate a wide range of physiological processes
including metabolism, development, growth, reproduction and mood. The concentration of …

Memory formation is key for brain functioning. Uncovering the memory mechanisms is
helping us to better understand neural processes in health and disease. Moreover, more …

Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) has been used for steroid analysis since
the 1960s. The advent of protective derivatization, capillary columns, and inexpensive …