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MODELING OF HUMAN BAROREFLEX: CONSIDERATIONS ON THE SEIDEL–HERZEL MODEL

ANDREA DUGGENTO

Medical Physics Section, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", via Montpellier 1, 00133 Roma, Italy

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NICOLA TOSCHI

Medical Physics Section, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", via Montpellier 1, 00133 Roma, Italy

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MARIA GUERRISI

Medical Physics Section, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", via Montpellier 1, 00133 Roma, Italy

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219477512400172Cited by:7 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

We provide some comments on the Seidel–Herzel model of the human baroreflex feedback control mechanism, and on how it has been used in literature to mimic observed features of in vivo heart rate data. We demonstrate that the potential of reparameterizing of this model in order to reproduce human physiology has not been fully exploited, and point out several potential pitfalls when trying to do so.

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