title: Model for cardiorespiratory synchronization in humans.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Precision Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kotani
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takamasu
authors.forename: Yosef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ashkenazy
authors.forename: H Eugene
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: Yoshiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012119:Respiration; D012137:Respiratory System; D013997:Time Factors