Front Cover; Mathematical and Computational Methods in Physiology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; PART 1: MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CHAPTER 1. HOMEOSTASIS OF THE BODY:CONTROL ASPECTS; THE MAIN FEATURES OP HOMEO-STATIC BEHAVIOUR; STRUCTURE OP THE MODEL; THE INDEXES OP HOMEOSTATIC ABILITY; ARTIFICIAL THERMOREGULATION WITH PROTECTIVE GARMENT; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. VISUAL-VESTIBULAR INTERACTION DURING ANGULAR AND LINEAR BODY ACCELERATION: MODELLING AND SIMULATION; INTRODUCTION.

MODEL OF VISUAL-VESTIBULAR INTERACTION IN THE CONTROL OF EYE MOVEMENTSVISUAL-VESTIBULAR INTERACTION DURING BODY ROTATION IN NORMALS; VISUAL-VESTIBULAR INTERACTION DURING BODY ROTATION IN PATIENTS; VISUAL-VESTIBULAR INTERACTION DURING LATERAL BODY DISPLACEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. A VOLTERRA-LIKE DISSECTION OF DYNAMIC TEST RESPONSES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR CONTROL; References; CHAPTER 4. MODELLING OT THE CO2 REBREATHING CARDIAC OUTPUT MEASUREMENT; References.

CHAPTER 5. PROBLEMS OF APPLYING BIOMECHANICAL MODELS IN DETERMINING CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS RELIABILITY DURING A COSMIC MISSIONREFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. A MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF MECHANICALPROPERTIES OF THE RAT'S AORTA; INTRODUCTION; MATERIAL AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF THE BIOLOGICAL AGE OF THE RAT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF WATER TRANSPORT IN EPITHELIAL JUNCTIONS; INTRODUCTION; TRANSPORT DESCRIPTION; SOLUTION PROCEDURE; RESULTS and DISCUSSION; REFERENCES.

Chapter 9. analytic properties and identifiability problems of compartmental model swith time-lags*1. introduction. model equations; 2. physical realizability and steady state solution; 3. identipiability problems; 4· approximation of a pipe by a catenary system; references; chapter 10. the modelling of tagged particles migration in physiological systems; material and methods of experiments; description of the results of tracer investigations; the model analysis; conclusion; references; chapter 11. criteria for computer simulation of drug-receptor interaction; t. introduction.

II. PRINCIPLE OF COMPUTER SIMULATION OF DRUG-RECEPTOR INTERACTIONIII. CRITERIA FOR COMPUTING TOE RESPONSE; IV. LIMITS AND ADVANTAGES OF SIMULATION KETHCDS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 12. A NEW STOCHASTIC APPROACH TO COMPARTMENTS WITH COMBINED CROSS-SECTION AND TIME-SERIES DATA; 1. Introduction; 2. Outlines of a model; 3. Example; 4. Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 13. STATIONARY DISTRIBUTIONS IN STOCHASTIC KINETICS; INTRODUCTION; 2. PROCESSES STUDIED; 3· EQUILIBRIA; 4· POISSONIAN STATIONARY DISTRIBUTION; 5. AN APPROXIMATION METHOD; 6· REFERENCES; CHAPTER 14. OSCILLATORY PHENOMENA AT THE SYNAPSE.