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Rhythms are a basic phenomenon in all physiological systems. They
cover an enormous range of frequencies with periods from the order
of milliseconds up to some years. They are described by many
disciplines and are investigated usually in the context of the
physiology of the respective function or organ. The importance
given to the research on rhythmicity is quite different in
different systems. In some cases where the functional significance
is obvious rhythms are at the center of interest, as in the case of
respiration or locomotion. In other fields they are considered more
or less as interesting epiphenomena or at best as indicators
without essential functional significance, as in the case of
cardiovascular or EEG rhythms. Recently the study of physiological
rhythms has attracted growing interest in several fields,
especially with respect to rhythm research in humans and its
rapidly spreading applications in basic behavioral research, and as
a diagnostic tool in clinical medicine. This development was
favored by two methodological and conceptual ad vances: on the one
hand, the availability of non-invasive methods of continu ous
recording of physiological parameters and their computer-assisted
evaluation, and on the other, the rapid development of theoretical
analyses, for example, the understanding of dynamic systems, the
generation of coordinated macroscopic pro cesses in systems
comprising many single elements, and the mathematical tools for
treating nonlinear oscillators and their mutual coupling.
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