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Elder, Alyx ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2261-0021, Evans, Elizabeth, Brassey, Charlotte ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6552-541X, Kitchener, Andrew C, Hantke, George and Grant, Robyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-8370 (2024) Describing the musculature of mystacial pads in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) using diceCT. Journal of Anatomy. ISSN 0021-8782

Grant, Robyn A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-8370, Bonhomme, Vincent and Allen, Tom ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4910-9149 (2024) Generating novel tennis racket shape concepts using a theoretical morphospace. PLoS ONE, 19 (9). ISSN 1932-6203

McMillan, Anna, Zatrak, Michal, Ilderton, Richard and Grant, Robyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-8370 (2024) Development of a visual body condition score system for juvenile harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in rehabilitation centres. Mammal Communications, 10. pp. 1-7.

Simanaviciute, Ugne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9290-8101, Potter, Harry G, Hager, Reinmar, Glazier, Jocelyn, Hodson-Tole, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1200-1724, Gigg, John and Grant, Robyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-8370 (2024) Maternal immune activation affects female offspring whisker movements during object exploration in a rat model of neurodevelopmental disorders. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health, 39. ISSN 2666-3546

(2024) Implications of tactile enrichment on the behaviour and whisker movements of four species of carnivorans. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 274. ISSN 0168-1591

(2023) Describing whisker morphology of the Carnivora. Journal of Morphology, 284 (9). e21628-e21628. ISSN 0362-2525

Clear, E, Grant, R ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-8370, Gardiner, J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1902-3416 and Brassey, C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6552-541X (2023) Baculum shape complexity correlates to metrics of post-copulatory sexual selection in Musteloidea. Journal of Morphology, 284 (4). e21572-e21572. ISSN 0362-2525

Clear, Emma, Grant, Robyn A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-8370, Carroll, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7853-6732 and Brassey, Charlotte A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6552-541X (2022) A Review and Case Study of 3D Imaging Modalities for Female Amniote Reproductive Anatomy. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 62 (3). pp. 542-558. ISSN 1540-7063

Grant, Robyn (2022) Why don’t we have whiskers? What we can learn from mammalian whisker touch sensing. Physiology News (126). pp. 24-27. ISSN 1476-7996

Grant, Robyn, Dougill, Gary ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8885-6166 and Lepora, Nathan (2021) Species-specific whisker morphology affects tactile interactions. In: 2021 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC), 06 July 2021 - 09 July 2021, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Landreth, K, Simanaviciute, U, Fletcher, J, Grayson, B, Grant, Robyn, Harte, MH and Gigg, J (2021) Dissociating the effects of distraction and proactive interference on object memory through tests of novelty preference. Brain and Neuroscience Advances, 5. p. 1. ISSN 2398-2128

Delaunay, Mariane G, Larsen, Carl, Lloyd, Huw, Sullivan, Matthew and Grant, Robyn A (2020) Anatomy of avian rictal bristles in Caprimulgiformes reveals reduced tactile function in open-habitat, partially diurnal foraging species. Journal of Anatomy, 237 (2). pp. 355-366. ISSN 0021-8782

Khayat, Rana, Shaw, kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9241-4195, Mead, Charlotte, Ryan, Hazel, Dougill, Gary ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8885-6166, Melling, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7690-5429 and Grant, Robyn (2020) Measuring the effect of wing tears on flight in common pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus pipistrellus). Mammal Communications, 6. pp. 11-20. ISSN 2056-872X

Milne, Alyxandra O, Smith, Catherine, Orton, Llwyd D, Sullivan, Matthew S and Grant, Robyn A (2020) Pinnipeds orient and control their whiskers: a study on Pacific walrus, California sea lion and Harbor seal. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 206 (3). pp. 441-451. ISSN 0340-7594

Grant, Robyn, Wong, Aimee, Fertan, Emre and Brown, Richard (2020) Whisker exploration behaviours in the 5xFAD mouse are affected by sex and retinal degeneration. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 19 (3). e12532. ISSN 1601-183X

Riedel, Gernot, Grant, Robyn, Sullivan, Matthew and Spink, Andrew (2020) Preface: Special issue on Measuring Behaviour 2018. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 337. p. 108681. ISSN 0165-0270

Starostin, Eugene L, Grant, Robyn A, Dougill, Gary ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8885-6166, van der Heijden, Gert HM and Goss, Victor GA (2020) The Euler spiral of rat whiskers. Science Advances, 6 (3). eaax5145-eaax5145.

Barbera, Adam M, Delaunay, Mariane G, Dougill, Gary and Grant, Robyn A (2019) Paw Morphology in the Domestic Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus) and Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus). Anatomical Record, 302 (12). pp. 2300-2310. ISSN 0003-276X

(2019) Recommendations for measuring whisker movements and locomotion in mice with sensory, motor and cognitive deficits. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 331. p. 108532. ISSN 0165-0270

Taraborrelli, L, Grant, R, Sullivan, M, Choppin, S, Spurr, J, Haake, S and Allen, T ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4910-9149 (2019) Materials have driven the historical development of the Tennis Racket. Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 9 (20).

Gillespie, David, Yap, Moi Hoon, Hewitt, Brett M, Driscoll, Heather, Simanaviciute, Ugne, Hodson-Tole, Emma F and Grant, Robyn A (2019) Description and validation of the LocoWhisk system: Quantifying rodent exploratory, sensory and motor behaviours. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 328. p. 108440. ISSN 0165-0270

Khayat, Rana Osama S, Shaw, Kirsty J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9241-4195, Dougill, Gary ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8885-6166, Melling, Louise M, Ferris, Glenn R, Cooper, Glen and Grant, Robyn A (2019) Characterizing wing tears in common pipistrelles (Pipistrellus pipistrellus): investigating tear distribution, wing strength, and possible causes. Journal of Mammalogy, 100 (4). pp. 1282-1294. ISSN 0022-2372

Dougill, Gary ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8885-6166, Starostin, Eugene, van der Heijden, Gert, Goss, Geoff and Grant, Robyn (2019) Mammalian Whiskers and the Euler Spiral. In: International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, 21 July 2019 - 25 July 2019, Prague.

Taraborrelli, Luca, Grant, Robyn, Sullivan, Matthew, Choppin, Simon, Spurr, James, Haake, Steve and Allen, Thomas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4910-9149 (2019) Recommendations for estimating the moments of inertia of a tennis racket. Sports Engineering, 22 (11). pp. 1-9. ISSN 1369-7072

Grant, RA, Allen, Tom, Spink, Andrew and Sullivan, Matthew (Ed.) (2018) Measuring Behavior 2018 Conference Proceedings. Manchester Metropolitan University. ISBN 978-1-910029-39-8

Grant, RA, Breakell, V and Prescott, TJ (2018) Whisker touch sensing guides locomotion in small, quadrupedal mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285 (1880). ISSN 0962-8452

Allen, TB, Grant, R, Sullivan, M, Taraborrelli, L, Choppin, S, Spurr, J and Haake, S (2018) Recommendations for Measuring Tennis Racket Parameters. In: The 12th Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association, 26 March 2018 - 29 March 2018, Queensland, Australia.

Garland, H, Wood, NI, Skillings, EA, Detloff, PJ, Morton, AJ and Grant, Robyn (2017) Characterisation of progressive motor deficits in whisker movements in R6/2, Q175 and Hdh knock-in mouse models of Huntington's disease. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 300. pp. 103-111. ISSN 0165-0270

Hewitt, BM, Yap, Moi, Hodson-Tole, EF, Kennerley, AJ, Sharp, PS and Grant, Robyn (2017) A novel automated rodent tracker (ART), demonstrated in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 300. pp. 147-156. ISSN 0165-0270

Grant, RA, Delaunay, MG and Haidarliu, S (2017) Mystacial whisker layout and musculature in the guinea pig (Cavia porcellus): a social, diurnal mammal. The Anatomical Record, 300 (3). pp. 527-536. ISSN 1932-8486

Grant, RA, Arkley, K, Tiktak, G, Breakell, V and Prescott, TJ (2017) Whisker touch guides canopy exploration in a nocturnal, arboreal rodent, the Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius). Journal of Comparative Physiology A. ISSN 0340-7594

Hewitt, B, Yap, MH and Grant, RA (2016) Manual Whisker Annotator (MWA): A Modular Open-Source Tool. Journal of Open Research Software, 4 (1). ISSN 2049-9647