Recent advances in analytical techniques for the determination of dopamine

Abstract

Dopamine (DA) is one of the most important catecholamine neurotransmitters in the human central nervous system in the brain and plays a key role in the functioning of the renal, hormonal, and cardiovascular systems. Abnormal release of DA will contribute to some diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson's disease. Therefore, the sensitive determination of DA becomes increasingly significant in the field of clinical disease diagnosis and the research of physiological functions. A number of analytical methods have been developed to provide fast, sensitive, selective and reliable quantification in complex biological samples. In this article the studies of detection methods for DA in recent years are reviewed.