Stupfel M, Pletan Y
Chronobiologia. 1983 Jul-Sep;10(3):283-92.
Recent developments in human rhythmic respiratory pathology lead to this review of the literature for ultradian rhythms of middle and low frequencies, that is having periods longer than the usual respiratory rates, whose periods are seconds or fractions of seconds. Ultradian respiratory movements for respiratory periods (5 less than tau less than 50 min) have been reported in many species of small laboratory animals (mice, rats, guinea-pigs, rabbits, quails). Long-period respiratory rates (20 less than tau less than 90 min) have been found in human fetuses and infants. But they are more difficult to detect in human adults, except during sleep where they have been related to REM and NONREM activities. These respiratory rhythms of middle and low frequencies are supposed to result from dissipative energy structures related to surface-volume relationships, with interlocking chemical clocks, and to be relevant to a basic rest-activity cycle.
人类节律性呼吸病理学的最新进展促使对中低频超日节律的文献进行综述，即周期长于正常呼吸频率，其周期为秒或秒的分数。许多小型实验动物（小鼠、大鼠、豚鼠、兔子、鹌鹑）已报告有呼吸周期（5＜τ＜50分钟）的超日呼吸运动。人类胎儿和婴儿中发现了长周期呼吸频率（20＜τ＜90分钟）。但在成年人中更难检测到，除了在睡眠期间，此时它们与快速眼动和非快速眼动活动有关。这些中低频呼吸节律被认为是由与表面积-体积关系相关的耗散能量结构产生的，伴有相互关联的化学时钟，并且与基本的休息-活动周期相关。
