Using insertable cardiac monitors to test determinants of heart rate and activity in captive baboons
Our findings support the future use of ICMs to investigate physiological responses in baboons. These devices' safety and validity represent the plausibility of understanding inter-individual and inter-species variation in heart rate and activity in response to variation in the external environment and in individual internal state.
Authors
- Mercy Y. Akinyi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3835-5793)
- Noelle R Laske
- Catherine Andreadis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5313-135X)
- Elizabeth A. Archie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1187-0998)
- Ipek G. Kulahci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0104-0365)
- Janet M. Mwadime
- Timothy G. Laske (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5847-3415)
- Herman Pontzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2397-6543)
- James Muturi Ndung'u
- Kevin Mugambi Kibe
- Nashon Wanjala
- Daisy Kigen
- Priscilla Kimiti
Institutions
- University of Notre Dame (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Medtronic (Ireland) (IE)
- Institute of Primate Research (KE)
- Duke Institute for Health Innovation (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Published
- 2026-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.13.710869
- Primary Topic
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00