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ScienceIsSexy420 t1_izokqqk wrote

There are various methods to do so, depending on which specific hormone or biomarker you are interested in studying. I used to work in a hospital lab, and now I do clinical chemistry research. What are you interested in learning about?

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Xenos-Asveyac OP t1_izq0wyz wrote

I'm mainly interested in learning about oxytocin, serotonin, and dopamine. Thank you for responding so quickly!

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ScienceIsSexy420 t1_izr0ptu wrote

Neurotransmitters are difficult, and testing things inside of the blood brain barrier (BBB) is notoriously difficult. While we can conduct blood tests of all three of those molecules, serum levels (that's what we call the blood after the red blood cells have been separated from the rest of the blood) do not correlate to levels on the other side of the BBB. That being said, the method for testing it would be either spectrophotometry or liquid chromatography mass spectroscopy (LCMS) depending on the medical facility and it's equipment/age.

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