Imperial College London
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ProfessorEtienneBurdet

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering

Professor of Human Robotics
 
 
 
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419BSir Michael Uren HubWhite City Campus

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@article{Donadio:2018:10.1371/journal.pone.0207145,
author = {Donadio, A and Whitehead, K and Gonzalez, F and Wilhelm, E and Formica, D and Meek, J and Fabrizi, L and Burdet, E},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0207145},
journal = {PLoS ONE},
title = {A novel sensor design for accurate measurement of facial somatosensation in pre-term infants},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207145},
volume = {13},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Facial somatosensory feedback is critical for breastfeeding in the first days of life. However, its development has never been investigated in humans. Here we develop a new interface to measure facial somatosensation in newborn infants. The novel system allows to measure neuronal responses to touching the face of the subject by synchronously recording scalp electroencephalography (EEG) and the force applied by the experimenter. This is based on a dedicated force transducer that can be worn on the finger underneath a clinical nitrile glove and linked to a commercial EEG acquisition system. The calibrated device measures the pressure applied by the investigator when tapping the skin concurrently with the resulting brain response. With this system, we were able to demonstrate that taps of 192 mN (mean) reliably elicited facial somatosensory responses in 7 pre-term infants. These responses had a time course similar to those following limbs stimulation, but more lateral topographical distribution consistent with body representations in primary somatosensory areas. The method introduced can therefore be used to reliably measure facial somatosensory responses in vulnerable infants.
AU  - Donadio,A
AU  - Whitehead,K
AU  - Gonzalez,F
AU  - Wilhelm,E
AU  - Formica,D
AU  - Meek,J
AU  - Fabrizi,L
AU  - Burdet,E
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0207145
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1932-6203
TI  - A novel sensor design for accurate measurement of facial somatosensation in pre-term infants
T2  - PLoS ONE
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207145
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000450420900019&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/65785
VL  - 13
ER  -
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