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Silvia Daun, Thorsten Tjardes, "Development of a Species-Specific Model of Cerebral Hemodynamics",Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, vol.6, Article ID873836, 15 pages, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1080/10273660500441324
Development of a Species-Specific Model of Cerebral Hemodynamics
Silvia Daun1and Thorsten Tjardes
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1Department of Mathematics, University of Cologne, Weyertal 86-90, Cologne D-50931, Germany
2Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Witten-Herdecke, Merheim Medical Center, Ostmerheimerstr. 200, Cologne D-51109, Germany
Abstract
In this paper, a mathematical model for the description of cerebral hemodynamics is developed. This model is able to simulate the regulation mechanisms working on the small cerebral arteries and arterioles, and thus to adapt dynamically the blood flow in brain. Special interest is laid on the release of catecholamines and their effect on heart frequency, cardiac output and blood pressure. Therefore, this model is able to describe situations of severe head injuries in a very realistic way.
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Copyright © 2005 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under theCreative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
