Humboldt University Berlin

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Neuroscience

Noninvasive EEG Recordings from Freely Moving Piglets

Nora V. de Camp^1,2, Silke Dietze¹, Markus Klaßen³, Jürgen Bergeler¹

¹Institute of Animal Welfare, Animal Behavior and Laboratory Animal Science, Veterinary Medicine, Free University Berlin, ²Department of Biology, Behavioral Physiology, Humboldt University Berlin, ³Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Viehhaltung Hofgut Neumühle

Here, we present a protocol to record telemetric electroencephalograms (EEGs) from freely moving piglets directly in the pigpen without the use of a sedative, making it possible to record typical EEG patterns during non-REM sleep, like spindle bursts.