Issue 5, 2020

Surface-enhanced spatially-offset Raman spectroscopy (SESORS) for detection of neurochemicals through the skull at physiologically relevant concentrations

Abstract

Detection techniques for neurotransmitters that are rapid, label-free, and non-invasive are needed to move towards earlier diagnosis of neurological disease. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) allows for sensitive and selective detection of target analytes. The combination of SERS with spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS) in a technique termed surface enhanced spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SESORS) permits a sensitive and selective detection of neurotransmitters through the skull. Here, we present the SESORS detection of individual neurotransmitters and mixtures of neurotransmitters at physiologically relevant concentrations, while also establishing limits of detection.

Graphical abstract: Surface-enhanced spatially-offset Raman spectroscopy (SESORS) for detection of neurochemicals through the skull at physiologically relevant concentrations

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 Sep 2019
Accepted
15 Jan 2020
First published
16 Jan 2020

Analyst, 2020,145, 1885-1893

Surface-enhanced spatially-offset Raman spectroscopy (SESORS) for detection of neurochemicals through the skull at physiologically relevant concentrations

A. S. Moody, T. D. Payne, B. A. Barth and B. Sharma, Analyst, 2020, 145, 1885 DOI: 10.1039/C9AN01708A

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