Journal
ENEURO
Volume 9, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0352-22.2022
Keywords
monkey; music; nasal air; respiration; temperature
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- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), PRESTO [JPMJPR21S4]
- Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) [JP21zf0127005]
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) [21H05800, 21H05036]
- Takeda Science Foundation
- Brain Science Foundation
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Respiration is closely linked to internal states and provides valuable information for estimating these states. In this study, a method to monitor the respiration of behaving monkeys was developed. The measurement of nasal air temperature was found to be an accurate way to monitor the respiration and estimate the internal states of monkeys.
Respiration is strongly linked to internal states such as arousal, emotion, and even cognitive processes and provides objective biological information to estimate these states in humans and animals. However, the measurement of respiration has not been established in macaque monkeys, which have been widely used as model animals for understanding various higher brain functions. In the present study, we developed a method to monitor the respiration of behaving monkeys. We first measured the temperature of their nasal breathing, which changes between inspiration and expiration phases, in an anesthetized condition and estimated the respiration pattern. We compared the estimated pattern with that obtained by a conventional chest band method that has been used in humans and applied to anesthetized, but not behaving, monkeys. These respiration patterns matched well, suggesting that the measurement of nasal air temperature can be used to monitor the respiration of monkeys. Furthermore, we confirmed that the respiration frequency in behaving monkeys monitored by the measurement of nasal air temperature was not affected by the orofacial movement of licking to obtain the liquid reward. We next examined the frequency of respiration when they listened to music or white noise. The respiratory frequency was higher when the monkeys listened to music than the noise. This result is consistent with a phenomenon in humans and indicates the accuracy of our monitoring method. These data suggest that the measurement of nasal air temperature enables us to monitor the respiration of behaving monkeys and thereby estimate their internal states.
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