Vibrational Signatures of Neurotransmitters

The exploration of three dimensional structures of biomolecules and their intra and inter molecular interactions is usually adopted as a reductionist approach towards eventual understanding of their functioning in real biological systems One approach consists of transferring molecules or clusters into the gas phase and using laser spectroscopy to obtain electronic vibrational and rotational spectra which are then compared with quantum calculations to reveal their preferred structures and the interactions responsible for their formation