ZRT Neurotransmitters Profile

How Healthy Is My Brain?

The neurotransmitter test is an assessment of your mental and emotional well-being. When you are in balance, your mood is stable, sleep is refreshing and you are thinking clearly.  

Want to improve mood, motivation, or cravings?

The good news is you can easily identify and manage neuroendocrine imbalances like serotonin, dopamine, and epinephrine with inexpensive, over-the-counter nutrients. That's right! Simple vitamin-store items like GABA, tryptophan, or theanine can cool down an anxious set of neuroendocrine imbalances. On the other hand, if your neurotransmitters are sluggish or depressed, you can boost them up with glutamine, tyrosine, or vitamin B6. 

Consider testing if you are experiencing symptoms such as:

• depression
• anxiety
• fatigue
• insomnia
• low sex drive
• poor memory
• addictive behaviors
• ADD/ADHD
• OCD
• severe PMS/PMDD

Like hormones, neurotransmitters require a delicate balance to keep the body functioning at a peak level. When these levels become irregular, the brain gets over- or under-stimulated, resulting in neurological and psychological symptoms. For example, PEA is a biomarker for ADHD.

This thorough test from ZRT Lab shows your overall functional assessment. Your health practitioner will be able to see not only the level of each neurotransmitter and enzyme but also how they are behaving and interacting with each other.

This Neurotransmitter Profile test assesses a range of neurotransmitters and their metabolites. Samples are collected from dried urine four times a day, as neurotransmitters have a short lifespan, pooling some measurements over the four snapshots helps average the results. The add-ons for this test also involve dried urine samples, except for the Saliva Steroid Hormone add-on, which requires both dried urine for neurotransmitters and saliva samples for steroid hormones.

9 Neurotransmitters:

GABA, Glutamate (Glu), Glycine (Gly), Dopamine (DA), Epinephrine (Epi), Norepinephrine (NE), Histamine (HIST), Serotonin (5-HT), Phenethylamine (PEA)

plus 5 Neurotransmitter Metabolites:

DOPAC, HVA, 5-HIAA, Normetanephrine (NMN), VMA

plus 11 precursor essential amino acids, needed metabolites, and synthesized proteins:

Tryptophan (Trp), Taurine (Tau), Tyrosine (Tyr), Tyramine (Tyra), Glutamine (Gln), Histidine (His), N-Methylhistamine (N-MeHist), Kynurenine (Kyn), Kynurenic Acid (KynAc), 3-Hydroxykynurenine (3-OHkyn), Xanthurenic Acid (Xanth)

plus 1 Adjunct:

Creatinine (Crtn)

UDHI-Diurnal Cortisol add-on (Free Cortisol, Free Cortisone, Crtn) x4
for stress and adrenal fatigue  (4 samples taken in a day)
Canary Club add-on price - $129

UDHII-Diurnal Cortisol & Melatonin add-on (Free Cortisol, Free Cortisone, Melatonin (MT6s), Crtn) x4
for concerns about adrenal stress or sleep issues (4 samples taken in a day)
Canary Club add-on price - $149

UDHIII-Diurnal Cortisol & Melatonin, Norepinephrine, & Epinephrine add-on (Free Cortisol, Free Cortisone, Melatonin (MT6s), NE, EPI, Crtn) x4
for concerns about adrenal stress or sleep issues (4 samples taken in a day)
Canary Club add-on price - $169

7 Toxic Heavy Metals add-on (dried urine) - uses ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry)(*)
for toxicity levels from heavy metals, and levels of essential elements 
Contains Iodine, Selenium, Bromine, Lithium, Arsenic, Cadmium, and Mercury.
Canary Club  add-on price - $99

• (*) ICP-MS is the preferred method for analyzing essential and toxic elements because of its superior sensitivity, capability for multi-element detection, and efficiency in handling complex matrices.
• LC-MS is used for all other neurotransmitter included panel test and add-ons, which is more suited for analyzing organic compounds, providing detailed molecular information and separation of complex mixtures.