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González Sánchez, Carlos Fraile Marinero, Juan Carlos Pérez Turiel, Javier Damm, Ellen Schneider, Jochen G. Zimmermann, Heiko Schmitt, Daniel Ihmig, Frank 2022-11-17T12:31:51Z 2022-11-17T12:31:51Z 2016 Sensors, 2016, vol. 16, n. 7, p. 1052 https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/57197 10.3390/s16071052 1052 7 Sensors 16 1424-8220 Producción Científica Animal testing plays a vital role in biomedical research. Stress reduction is important for improving research results and increasing the welfare and the quality of life of laboratory animals. To estimate stress we believe it is of great importance to develop non-invasive techniques for monitoring physiological signals during the transport of laboratory animals, thereby allowing the gathering of information on the transport conditions, and, eventually, the improvement of these conditions. Here, we study the suitability of commercially available electric potential integrated circuit (EPIC) sensors, using both contact and contactless techniques, for monitoring the heart rate and breathing rate of non-restrained, non-sedated laboratory mice. The design has been tested under different scenarios with the aim of checking the plausibility of performing contactless capture of mouse heart activity (ideally with an electrocardiogram). First experimental results are shown. This research was partially funded by the State Chancellery of the federal state Saarland (Germany), grant number C/1-LdZ-2011 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, through the research project DPI2013-47196-C3-3-R DFG (SCH682/3-1),(CIG303682) application/pdf eng MDPI info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ © 2016 The Author(s) Atribución 4.0 Internacional Non-invasive sensor Capacitive sensors Physiological signals in mice Stress in mice 33 Ciencias Tecnológicas 24 Ciencias de la Vida Capacitive sensing for non-invasive breathing and heart monitoring in non-restrained, non-sedated laboratory mice info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/7/1052 SI