Neurotransmitters transfer chemically the electrical impulse from one neuron to another in the brain. The concentration of neurotransmitters in many neurological disorders is altered. The measurement of neurotransmitters in the brain is needed to understand how these diseases develop and how they can be treated. Neurotransmitters can be extracted from the brains of freely moving, alert animals by microdialysis technique. The concentration of neurotransmitters and their metabolites in brain microdialysates is low, and therefore highly sensitive and specific analytical methods are needed. The aim of this study was to develop such liquid chromatography-electrospray-tandem mass spectrometric (LC-ESI-MS/MS) methods for the analysis of neurotrans...