Rhythms in Physiological Systems
Proceedings of the International Symposium at Schloss Elmau
Springer
Series in Synergetics, Vol. 55
1991,
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, ISBN 3-540-54448-8
Editors:
Prof. Dr. Dr.
h.c. Hermann Haken
Institut fr
Theoretische Physik der Universitt Stuttgart
Pfaffenwaldring
57/IV
D-7000 Stuttgart,
Fed. Rep.
of Germany, and
Center for Complex Systems
Florida Atlantic University
Prof. Dr. Hans
Peter Koepchen
Institut fr
Physiologie
Freie Universitt
Berlin
Arnimallee 22
1000 Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. of Germany
Contents
Part I: Physiological rhythmicity and synergetics
H.P. Koepchen: Physiology of rhythms and control systems: an integrative
approach
H. Haken: Synergetics – can it help physiology?
Part II: Cardiovascular rhythms
G. Siegel, A. Walter, F. Schnalke, H.P. Koepchen (Institute of
Physiology, The Free University of Berlin, D-1000 Berlin 33); H.W. Hofer (Dept.
of Biology, The University of Konstanz, D-7750 Konstanz); K. Rckborn
(Institute of Physiology, The University of Rostock, D-2500 Rostock 1):
Autorhythmicity in blood vessels: its biophysical and biochemical bases
A. Trzebski, S. Baradziej (Medical Academy, Dept. of Physiology,
PL-00-325 Warsaw): Role of the rostroventrolateral medulla in the generation of
rhythmicities of the symphathetic activity
A. Lindqvist (Cardiorespiratory Research Unit, University of Turku,
SF-20520 Turku, and Research Institute of Military Medicine, Central Military
Hospital, SF-00300 Helsinki): Noninvasive methods for studying rhythmic nervous
control of human circulation
H. Schmid- Schnbein, S. Ziege (Institut fr Physiologie, Klinikum der
RWTH Aachen, D-5100 Aachen): The high pressure system of the mammalian
circulation as a dynamic self-organizing system
N. Honzkov, B. Fiser (Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine, Dept.
of Physiology, CS-662 43 Brno): Spectral analysis of circulatory rhythmus and
baroreflex sensitivity in man
M. Paganini, O. Rimoldi, P. Pizzinelli, D. Lucini, A. Malliani (Istituto Ricerche
Cardiovascolari, Patologia Medica, Ospedale L. Sacco, Centro Fidia, Universit
di Milano, Italy): Spectral analysis of cardiovascular variables as a tool to quantify
neural cardiovascular control in the laboratory and real life conditions
J.P. Saul (Dept. of Cardiology, ChildrenŐs Hospital, and Harvard-M.I.T.
Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Boston, MA 02115):
Cardiorespiratory variability: fractals, white noise, nonlinear oscillators,
and linear modelling. WhatŐs to be learned?
R. Stark, D. Vaitl (University of Giessen, Dept. of Clinical Psychology,
D-6300 Giessen): Spectral analysis as an assessment of the neural control of
the heart: a methodological comparison
J.P. Zbilut (Dept. of Physiology and OR/ Surgical Nursing,
Rush-Presbyterian-St. LukeŐs Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, and Section of
Cardiology, VA Edward Hines, Jr. Hospital, Hines, IL): Power laws, transients,
attractors, and entropy: possible implications for cardiovascular dynamics
Part III: Respiratory Rhythms
F. Raschke (Institute of Rehabilitation Research, Klinik Norderney,
D-2982 Norderney): The respiratory system – features of modulation and
coordination
F.L. Eldrige (Depts. of Medicine and Physiology, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516): Phase resetting of respiratory
rhythm – experiments in animals and models
C.L. Webber, Jr. (Dept. of Physiology, Loyola University of Chicago,
Maywood, IL 60153): Rhythmogenesis of deterministic breathing patterns
Part IV: Motor coordination
J.A.S. Kelso, G.C. DeGuzman, T. Holroyd (Program in Complex Systems and
Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431): Synergetic
dynamics of biological coordination with special reference to phase attraction
and intermittency
M. Stadler, P. Kruse (Dept. of Psychology, University of Bremen, D-2800
Bremen 33); S. Vogt (Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research, D-8000
Mnchen 40): Synchronization of rhythm in motor actions
Part V: Basis of Circadian Rhythmicities
R. A. Wever (Max-Planck-Institut fr Psychiatrie, D-8138 Andechs):
Interactions between human circadian and (about 90 min) sleep rhythms: problems
in the stimulation and the analysis
Part VI: Rhythms in electrical activity of the brain
H. Petsche (Institut
fr Neurophysiologie der Universitt Wien, A-1090 Wien): The information
content of the human EEG
E. Basar, C. Basar-Eroglu,
E. Rahn, M. Schrmann (Institut fr Physiologie, Medizinische Universitt zu
Lbeck, D-2400 Lbeck 1): Synergetics of evoked alpha and theta rhythms in the
brain: topographic and modality-dependent aspects
G. Pfurtscheller (Dept. of Medical Informatics, Institute of Biomedical
Engineering, Graz University of Technology, and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for
Medical Informatics, A-8010 Graz): EEG rhythms: event-related desynchronization
and synchronization
Part VII: Rhythms in perception
P. Kruse, M. Stadler, D. Strber (Dept. of Psychology, University of
Bremen, D-2800 Bremen 33): Psychological modifications and synergetic modelling
of perceptual oscillations
Part VIII: Aspects of systems theory
R. Friedrich, A. Fuchs,
H. Haken (Institut fr Theoretische Physik und Synergetik, Universitt
Stuttgart, D-7000 Stuttgart 80): Spatio-temporal EEG patterns
A.S. Mikhailov (Institute for Theoretical Physics and Synergetics, University
of Stuttgart, D-7000 Sttugart 80): Information processing by systems with
chemical communication
Yu L. Klimontovich (Dept. of Physics, Moscow State University, SU-117234
Moscow): Criteria for the relative degree of order in self-organization
processes