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TY - JOUR
T1 - Modelling couplings among the oscillators of the cardiovascular system
AU - Stefanovska, Aneta
AU - Luchinsky, D. G.
AU - McClintock, Peter V. E.
PY - 2001/8
Y1 - 2001/8
N2 - A mathematical model of the cardiovascular system is simulated numerically. The basic unit in the model is an oscillator that possesses a structural stability and robustness motivated by physiological understanding and by the analysis of measured time series. Oscillators with linear couplings are found to reproduce the main characteristic features of the experimentally obtained spectra. To explain the variability of cardiac and respiratory frequencies, however, it is essential to take into account the rest of the system, i.e. to consider the eect of noise. It is found that the addition of noise also results in epochs of synchronization, as observed experimentally. Preliminary analysis suggests that there is a mixture of linear and parametric couplings, but that the linear coupling seems to dominate.
AB - A mathematical model of the cardiovascular system is simulated numerically. The basic unit in the model is an oscillator that possesses a structural stability and robustness motivated by physiological understanding and by the analysis of measured time series. Oscillators with linear couplings are found to reproduce the main characteristic features of the experimentally obtained spectra. To explain the variability of cardiac and respiratory frequencies, however, it is essential to take into account the rest of the system, i.e. to consider the eect of noise. It is found that the addition of noise also results in epochs of synchronization, as observed experimentally. Preliminary analysis suggests that there is a mixture of linear and parametric couplings, but that the linear coupling seems to dominate.
KW - nonlinear oscillators
KW - couplings modelling
KW - cardiovascular system
KW - blood flow
KW - blood pressure
KW - heart-rate variability
KW - nonlinear dynamics
KW - stochastic systems
KW - noise
KW - synchronization
U2 - 10.1088/0967-3334/22/3/312
DO - 10.1088/0967-3334/22/3/312
M3 - Journal article
VL - 22
SP - 551
EP - 564
JO - Physiological Measurement
JF - Physiological Measurement
SN - 0967-3334
IS - 3
ER -