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Disarbois E, Duhamel JR. Virtual social grooming in macaques and its psychophysiological effects. Sci Rep 2024; 14:11697. [PMID: 38777816 PMCID: PMC11111682 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-62638-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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Allogrooming is a widespread, pervasive activity among non-human primates. Besides its hygienic function, it is thought to be instrumental in maintaining social bonds and establishing hierarchical structures within groups. However, the question arises as to whether the physiological and social benefits derived from social touch stem directly from body stimulation, or whether other mechanisms come into play. We address this question by analyzing an elaborate social behavior that we observed in two adult male macaques. This behavior demonstrates the existence of a persistent motivation to interact through a form of simulated grooming, as the animals were housed in adjacent enclosures separated by a glass panel preventing direct tactile contact. We find that such virtual grooming produces similar physiological sensations and social effects as allogrooming. We suggest that this behavior engages affective and reward brain circuits to the same extent as real social touch, and that this is probably achieved through high level processes similar to those involved in bodily illusions or synaesthetic phenomena previously described in humans. This observation reveals the unsuspected capacity of non-human primates to invent alternative, quasi-symbolic strategies to obtain effects similar to those provided by direct bodily interaction, which are so important for maintaining social bonds.
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- Eloïse Disarbois
- Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS, Bron, France.
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Moving average and standard deviation thresholding (MAST): a novel algorithm for accurate R-wave detection in the murine electrocardiogram. J Comp Physiol B 2021; 191:1071-1083. [PMID: 34304289 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-021-01389-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Advances in implantable radio-telemetry or diverse biologging devices capable of acquiring high-resolution ambulatory electrocardiogram (ECG) or heart rate recordings facilitate comparative physiological investigations by enabling detailed analysis of cardiopulmonary phenotypes and responses in vivo. Two priorities guiding the meaningful adoption of such technologies are: (1) automation, to streamline and standardize large dataset analysis, and (2) flexibility in quality-control. The latter is especially relevant when considering the tendency of some fully automated software solutions to significantly underestimate heart rate when raw signals contain high-amplitude noise. We present herein moving average and standard deviation thresholding (MAST), a novel, open-access algorithm developed to perform automated, accurate, and noise-robust single-channel R-wave detection from ECG obtained in chronically instrumented mice. MAST additionally and automatically excludes and annotates segments where R-wave detection is not possible due to artefact levels exceeding signal levels. Customizable settings (e.g. window width of moving average) allow for MAST to be scaled for use in non-murine species. Two expert reviewers compared MAST's performance (true/false positive and false negative detections) with that of a commercial ECG analysis program. Both approaches were applied blindly to the same random selection of 270 3-min ECG recordings from a dataset containing varying amounts of signal artefact. MAST exhibited roughly one quarter the error rate of the commercial software and accurately detected R-waves with greater consistency and virtually no false positives (sensitivity, Se: 98.48% ± 4.32% vs. 94.59% ± 17.52%, positive predictivity, +P: 99.99% ± 0.06% vs. 99.57% ± 3.91%, P < 0.001 and P = 0.0274 respectively, Wilcoxon signed rank; values are mean ± SD). Our novel, open-access approach for automated single-channel R-wave detection enables investigators to study murine heart rate indices with greater accuracy and less effort. It also provides a foundational code for translation to other mammals, ectothermic vertebrates, and birds.
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Champeroux P, Le Guennec JY, Jude S, Laigot C, Maurin A, Sola ML, Fowler JSL, Richard S, Thireau J. The high frequency relationship: implications for torsadogenic hERG blockers. Br J Pharmacol 2016; 173:601-12. [PMID: 26589499 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Revised: 11/11/2015] [Accepted: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Ventricular arrhythmias induced by human ether-a-go-go related gene (hERG; Kv 11.1 channel) blockers are a consequence of alterations in ventricular repolarisation in association with high-frequency (HF) oscillations, which act as a primary trigger; the autonomic nervous system plays a modulatory role. In the present study, we investigated the role of β1 -adrenoceptors in the HF relationship between magnitude of heart rate and QT interval changes within discrete 10 s intervals (sorted into 5 bpm heart rate increments) and its implications for torsadogenic hERG blockers. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH The HF relationship was studied under conditions of autonomic blockade with atenolol (β1 -adrenoceptor blocker) in the absence or presence of five hERG blockers in beagle dogs. In total, the effects of 14 hERG blockers on the HF relationship were investigated. KEY RESULTS All the torsadogenic hERG blockers tested caused a vertical shift in the HF relationship, while hERG blockers associated with a low risk of Torsades de Pointes did not cause any vertical shift. Atenolol completely prevented the effects four torsadogenic agents (quinidine, thioridazine, risperidone and terfenadine) on the HF relationship, but only partially reduced those of dofetilide, leading to the characterization of two types of torsadogenic agent. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Analysis of the vertical shift in the HF relationship demonstrated that signs of transient sympathetic activation during HF oscillations in the presence of torsadogenic hERG blockers are mediated by β1 -adrenoceptors. We suggest the HF relationship as a new biomarker for assessing Torsades de pointes liability, with potential implications in both preclinical studies and the clinic.
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- P Champeroux
- Centre de Recherches Biologiques, CERB, Chemin de Montifault, 18800, Baugy, France
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- Laboratoire PHYMEDEXP, Physiologie et Médecine Expérimentale, Cœur et Muscles, INSERM U1046, CNRS UMR 9214, Université de Montpellier, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 Avenue du doyen G. Giraud, 34295, Montpellier cedex 05, France
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- Centre de Recherches Biologiques, CERB, Chemin de Montifault, 18800, Baugy, France
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- Centre de Recherches Biologiques, CERB, Chemin de Montifault, 18800, Baugy, France
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- Centre de Recherches Biologiques, CERB, Chemin de Montifault, 18800, Baugy, France
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- Centre de Recherches Biologiques, CERB, Chemin de Montifault, 18800, Baugy, France
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- Centre de Recherches Biologiques, CERB, Chemin de Montifault, 18800, Baugy, France
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- Centre de Recherches Biologiques, CERB, Chemin de Montifault, 18800, Baugy, France
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- Laboratoire PHYMEDEXP, Physiologie et Médecine Expérimentale, Cœur et Muscles, INSERM U1046, CNRS UMR 9214, Université de Montpellier, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 Avenue du doyen G. Giraud, 34295, Montpellier cedex 05, France
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Grandi LC, Ishida H. The Physiological Effect of Human Grooming on the Heart Rate and the Heart Rate Variability of Laboratory Non-Human Primates: A Pilot Study in Male Rhesus Monkeys. Front Vet Sci 2015; 2:50. [PMID: 26664977 PMCID: PMC4672226 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2015.00050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Grooming is a widespread, essential, and complex behavior with social and affiliative valence in the non-human primate world. Its impact at the autonomous nervous system level has been studied during allogrooming among monkeys living in a semi-naturalistic environment. For the first time, we investigated the effect of human grooming to monkey in a typical experimental situation inside laboratory. We analyzed the autonomic response of male monkeys groomed by a familiar human (experimenter), in terms of the heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) at different body parts. We considered the HRV in both the time (SDNN, RMSSD, and RMSSD/SDNN) and the frequency domain (HF, LF, and LF/HF). For this purpose, we recorded the electrocardiogram of two male rhesus monkeys seated in a primate chair while the experimenter groomed their mouth, chest, or arm. We demonstrated that (1) the grooming carried out by a familiar human determined a decrement of the HR and an increment of the HRV; (2) there was a difference in relation to the groomed body part. In particular, during grooming the mouth the HRV was higher than during grooming the arm and the chest. Taken together, the results represent the first evidence that grooming carried out by a familiar human on experimental monkeys has the comparable positive physiological effect of allogrooming between conspecifics. Moreover, since the results underlined the positive modulation of both HR and HRV, the present study could be a starting point to improve the well-being of non-human primates in experimental condition by means of grooming by a familiar person.
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- Laura Clara Grandi
- Unit of Physiology, Department of Neuroscience, Parma University, Parma, Italy
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- Frontal Lobe Function Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
- Brain Center for Social and Motor Cognition (BCSMC), Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Parma, Italy
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Champeroux P, Thireau J, Judé S, Laigot-Barbé C, Maurin A, Sola ML, Fowler JSL, Richard S, Le Guennec JY. Short-term variability in QT interval and ventricular arrhythmias induced by dofetilide are dependent on high-frequency autonomic oscillations. Br J Pharmacol 2015; 172:2878-91. [PMID: 25625756 PMCID: PMC4439882 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2014] [Revised: 01/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Background and Purpose The present study was undertaken to investigate an effect of dofetilide, a potent arrhythmic blocker of the voltage-gated K+ channel, hERG, on cardiac autonomic control. Combined with effects on ardiomyocytes, these properties could influence its arrhythmic potency. Experimental Approach The short-term variability of beat-to-beat QT interval (STVQT), induced by dofetilide is a strong surrogate of Torsades de pointes liability. Involvement of autonomic modulation in STVQT was investigated in healthy cynomolgus monkeys and beagle dogs by power spectral analysis under conditions of autonomic blockade with hexamethonium. Key Results Increase in STVQT induced by dofetilide in monkeys and dogs was closely associated with an enhancement of endogenous heart rate and QT interval high-frequency (HF) oscillations. These effects were fully suppressed under conditions of autonomic blockade with hexamethonium. Ventricular arrhythmias, including Torsades de pointes in monkeys, were prevented in both species when HF oscillations were suppressed by autonomic blockade. Similar enhancements of heart rate HF oscillations were found in dogs with other hERG blockers described as causing Torsades de pointes in humans. Conclusions and Implications These results demonstrate for the first time that beat-to-beat ventricular repolarization variability and ventricular arrhythmias induced by dofetilide are dependent on endogenous HF autonomic oscillations in heart rate. When combined with evidence of hERG-blocking properties, enhancement of endogenous HF oscillations in heart rate could constitute an earlier and more sensitive biomarker than STVQT for Torsades de pointes liability, applicable to preclinical regulatory studies conducted in healthy animals.
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- P Champeroux
- Centre de Recherches Biologiques, CERB, Baugy, France
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- Centre de Recherches Biologiques, CERB, Baugy, France
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- Centre de Recherches Biologiques, CERB, Baugy, France
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- Centre de Recherches Biologiques, CERB, Baugy, France
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- Centre de Recherches Biologiques, CERB, Baugy, France
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- Centre de Recherches Biologiques, CERB, Baugy, France
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- Centre de Recherches Biologiques, CERB, Baugy, France
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