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The use of mechanical lung ventilators affects natural breathing cycles and ultimately causes ventilator dependence. Patients have to be weaned from such devices. What is the chemical and biological cause of this "phase locking" to the mechanical apparatus?From Clocks to Chaos, The Rhythms of Life, Glass and Mackey; Chapter 7