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ArticlePloS one2019

Real-time telemetry monitoring of oxygen in the central complex of freely-walking Gromphadorhina portentosa.

Pier Andrea Serra, Paola Arrigo, Andrea Bacciu, Daniele Zuncheddu, Riccardo Deliperi, Diego Antón Viana, Patrizia Monti, Maria Vittoria Varoni, Maria Alessandra Sotgiu, Pasquale Bandiera and 1 more

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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11 authors.

Pier Andrea SerraDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Medicine, Medical School, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2401-5146
Paola ArrigoDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Medicine, Medical School, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Andrea BacciuDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Medicine, Medical School, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Daniele ZunchedduDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Medicine, Medical School, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Riccardo DeliperiDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Medicine, Medical School, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Diego Antón VianaDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Medicine, Medical School, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Patrizia MontiDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Medicine, Medical School, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Maria Vittoria VaroniDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, Medical School, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Maria Alessandra SotgiuDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Medical School, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Pasquale BandieraDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Medical School, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Gaia RocchittaDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Medicine, Medical School, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A new telemetric system for the electrochemical monitoring of dissolved oxygen is showed. The device, connected with two amperometric sensors, has been successfully applied to the wireless detection of the extracellular oxygen in the central complex of freely-walking Gromphadorhina portentosa. The unit was composed of a potentiostat, a two-channel sensor conditioning circuit, a microprocessor module, and a wireless serial transceiver. The amperometric signals were digitalized and sent to a notebook using a 2.4 GHz transceiver while a serial-to-USB converter was connected to a second transceiver for completing the communication bridge. The software, running on the laptop, allowed to save and graph the oxygen signals. The electronics showed excellent stability and the acquired data was linear in a range comprised between 0 and -165 nA, covering the entire range of oxygen concentrations. A series of experiments were performed to explore the dynamics of dissolved oxygen by exposing the animals to different gases (nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide), to low temperature and anesthetic agents (chloroform and triethylamine). The resulting data are in agreement with previous O2 changes recorded in the brain of awake rats and mice. The proposed system, based on simple and inexpensive components, can constitute a new experimental model for the exploration of central complex neurochemistry and it can also work with oxidizing sensors and amperometric biosensors.

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AnimalsBiosensing TechniquesCarbon DioxideChloroformCockroachesEquipment DesignEthylaminesMaleNitrogenOxygenRemote Sensing TechnologySoftwareWalkingWireless TechnologyCarbon DioxideChloroformEthylaminesNitrogenOxygentriethylamine

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PMID31710629
PMCPMC6844484

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