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Electrochemical Techniques: A group of analytical methods based on measuring the current produced by oxidation or reduction of electroactive molecules at an electrode or microelectrode surface. Loss or gain of electrons, respectively, occurs in response to varying the applied potential at the working electrode with respect to a reference electrode: commonly called voltammetry, amperometry, chronoamperometry, or fast-scan cyclic voltammetry due to the way the voltage is applied. The resulting current produced by the oxidation/reduction of analytes is proportional to analyte concentration at the electrode surface. Historically, electrochemical techniques have been utilized to study chemical reactions, but more recently, they have been used to measure the concentrations of neurotransmitters and other endogenous substances in biological systems. Considerable work has been carried out over the last...
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Daws, L.C., Andrews, A.M., Gerhardt, G.A. (2010). Electrochemical Techniques and Advances in Psychopharmacology. In: Stolerman, I.P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68706-1_311
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