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dc.contributor.authorMcKnight, Chris
dc.contributor.authorRuesch, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorBennett, Kimberley
dc.contributor.authorBronkhorst, Mathijs
dc.contributor.authorBalfour, Steven Thomas
dc.contributor.authorMoss, Simon
dc.contributor.authorMilne, Ryan
dc.contributor.authorTyack, Peter Lloyd
dc.contributor.authorKainerstorfer, Jana
dc.contributor.authorHastie, Gordon Drummond
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-16T16:30:01Z
dc.date.available2021-12-16T16:30:01Z
dc.date.issued2021-08-02
dc.identifier271534633
dc.identifier2167f50b-4e2f-4b40-916d-b3d1127a3788
dc.identifier85104012740
dc.identifier000663556900002
dc.identifier.citationMcKnight , C , Ruesch , A , Bennett , K , Bronkhorst , M , Balfour , S T , Moss , S , Milne , R , Tyack , P L , Kainerstorfer , J & Hastie , G D 2021 , ' Shining new light on sensory brain activation and physiological measurement in seals using wearable optical technology ' , Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , vol. 376 , no. 1830 , 20200224 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0224en
dc.identifier.issn0962-8436
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-9773-2755/work/95418473
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-8409-4790/work/95418488
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-3872-4886/work/95418575
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/24530
dc.descriptionThis project was funded as part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment Programme. Supplementary funding supporting J.C.M. and P.L.T. was provided by the US Office of Naval Research (ONR) grant nos N00014-18-1-2062 and N00014-20-1-2709. Supplementary funding supporting J.K. and A.R. was provided by the US Office of Naval Research (ONR) grant no. N00014-19-1-1223. Assistance in funding for acquisition of the fNIRS system was provided by SMRU Consulting's 10th Anniversary Award.en
dc.description.abstractSensory ecology and physiology of free-ranging animals is challenging to study but underpins our understanding of decision making in the wild. Existing non-invasive human biomedical technology offers tools that could be harnessed to address these challenges. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), a wearable, non-invasive biomedical imaging technique measures oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin concentration changes that can be used to detect localised neural activation in the brain. We tested the efficacy of fNIRS to detect cortical activation in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) and identify regions of the cortex associated with different senses (vision, hearing and touch). Activation of specific cerebral areas in seals was detected by fNIRS in responses to light (vision), sound (hearing) and whisker stimulation (touch). Physiological parameters, including heart and breathing rate, were also extracted from the fNIRS signal, which allowed neural and physiological responses to be monitored simultaneously. This is the first time fNIRS has been used to detect cortical activation in a non-domesticated or laboratory animal. Since fNIRS is non-invasive and wearable, this study demonstrates its potential as a tool to quantitatively investigate sensory perception and brain function while simultaneously recording physiological dynamics that allow calculation of heart rate, tissue and arterial oxygen saturation of haemoglobin, respectively, perfusion changes and breathing rate in free-ranging animals.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciencesen
dc.subjectFunctional near-infrared spectroscopyen
dc.subjectNear-infrared spectroscopyen
dc.subjectSealen
dc.subjectSensory ecologyen
dc.subjectBrain activationen
dc.subjectQL Zoologyen
dc.subjectTD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineeringen
dc.subjectDASen
dc.subjectBEIS/DECCen
dc.subjectNERCen
dc.subject.lccQLen
dc.subject.lccTDen
dc.titleShining new light on sensory brain activation and physiological measurement in seals using wearable optical technologyen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorNERCen
dc.contributor.sponsorNERCen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Uniten
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rstb.2020.0224
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.urlhttps://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/publications/shining-new-light-on-sensory-brain-activation-and-physiological-men
dc.identifier.grantnumberNE/R015007/1en
dc.identifier.grantnumberAgreement R8-H12-86en


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