Model for cardiorespiratory synchronization in humans

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2002 May;65(5 Pt 1):051923. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.051923. Epub 2002 May 21.

Abstract

Recent experimental studies suggest that there is evidence for a synchronization between human heartbeat and respiration. We develop a physiologically plausible model for this cardiorespiratory synchronization, and numerically show that the model can exhibit stable synchronization against given perturbations. In our model, in addition to the well-known influence of respiration on heartbeat, the influence of heartbeat (and hence blood pressure) on respiration is also important for cardiorespiratory synchronization.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Biophysical Phenomena
  • Biophysics
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / pathology
  • Heart / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Respiration*
  • Respiratory System*
  • Time Factors