The proposed method for estimating monoamines (dopamine) is relatively simple, eliminates the use of a large quantity of material, and is a modification of the A. V. Sakharov and D. A. Sakharov procedure (1968) which uses aqueous H2CO.The modification involved treatment of hypothalamus sections with 10% H2CO solution (prepared in Ringer-Locke solution of pH 7.4) for 15 min at 4°.After removing excess H2CO, the preparations were dried over P2O5 at 45° for 2 h, kept in nonluminescent immersion oil at 60° for 15 min, and then examined under a luminescent microscopy.Quant. determination of monoamine (dopamine) in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus was done with indirect fluorometry (preparations were photographed under standard conditions under a luminescent microscope, and the negatives were inspected with a microphotometer).Applicability of the method is demonstrated by measuring changes in monoamine during the estrus cycle.