A new system for monitoring respiratory patterns of small laboratory animals.
By remotely detecting the changes in light intensity caused by respiratory movements of animals held under restraint, the technique is noninvasive and therefore allows changes in respiratory behaviour caused by treatments to be interpreted more easily.
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory / Q000502:physiology*; D008027:Light; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000662:veterinary*; D012119:Respiration; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000662:veterinary