Biofouling and performance of boron-doped diamond electrodes for detection of dopamine and serotonin in neuron cultivation media.

Boron doped diamond has been considered as a fouling-resistive electrode material for in vitro and in vivo detection of neurotransmitters. In this study, its performance in electrochemical detection of dopamine and serotonin in neuron cultivation media Neurobasal™ before and after cultivation of rat neurons was investigated. For differential pulse voltammetry the limits of detection in neat Neurobasal™ medium of 2 µM and 0.

Gender Differences in Patients with Prolactinoma: Single-center Ukrainian Experience.

Introduction: Prolactinomas are the most common type of pituitary gland tumors that secrete overly prolactin. They account for approximately 60% of all hormone-secreting hypophysis tumors.

Aim: This study aims to analyze gender differences in patients with prolactinomas who were operated on transsphenoidal surgery and conduct a single-center retrospective analysis of patient data.

Prognostic factors for surgical treatment of prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas.

Introduction: Usually, prolactinomas are treated with dopamine agonists (DA). Surgery is considered an option when the patient cannot bear or does not respond positively to DA therapy.

Aim: This study aims to determine the early and late outcomes of surgery, with particular emphasis on developing prognostic factors for surgical treatment and analyzing risk factors affecting the recurrence of hyperprolactinemia and prolactinoma.

Double Pituitary Adenomas in Patients With Cushing's Disease.

Background and objective Double and multiple pituitary adenomas (PAs) are discovered in 2.6-3.3% of patients with Cushing's disease and in approximately 1% of autopsies.

Redox Behavior of Cobalt-Phosphine Complexes vs Their Catalytic Activity in Organozinc Compound Formation: Background for Mechanistic Investigations.

Catalytic activity in arylzinc compound formation was studied for eight Co complexes with phosphines along with their redox properties for implementing the idea of rational design. It was found that Co(XantPhos)Cl and Co(-XantPhos)Cl demonstrated distinct reversible Co/Co redox processes and acted as efficient catalysts of arylzinc compound formation. Meanwhile, for Co(DPEphos)Cl, Co(dppf)Cl, Co(dppb)Cl, Co(PPh)Cl, and Co(XantPhos)(Piv) (the latter one without the addition of LiCl), reversible redox processes were not observed.