A physiological model of cerebral blood flow control

被引:54
作者
Banaji, M
Tachtsidis, A
Delpy, D
Baigent, S
机构
[1] UCL, Dept Med Phys & Bioengn, London WC1E 6BT, England
[2] UCL, Dept Math, London WC1E 6BT, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
human brain circulation; mathematical model; autoregulation;
D O I
10.1016/j.mbs.2004.10.005
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The construction of a computational model of the human brain circulation is described. We combine an existing model of the biophysics of the circulatory system, a basic model of brain metabolic biochemistry, and a model of the functioning of vascular smooth muscle (VSM) into a single model. This represents a first attempt to understand how the numerous different feedback pathways by which cerebral blood flow is controlled interact with each other. The present work comprises the following: Descriptions of the physiology underlying the model; general comments on the processes by which this physiology is translated into mathematics; comments on parameter setting; and some simulation results. The simulations presented are preliminary, but show qualitative agreement between model behaviour and experimental results. (c) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:125 / 173
页数:49
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