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Anders Nygren
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Latest papers
Acute ischaemia and gap junction modulation modify propagation patterns across Purkinje-myocardial junctions.
Frontiers in physiology · 2025
A robust multi-objective optimization framework to capture both cellular and intercellular properties in cardiac cellular model tuning: Analyzing different regions of membrane resistance profile in parameter fitting.
PloS one · 2019 · senior author
Transgenic mice overexpressing desmocollin-2 (DSC2) develop cardiomyopathy associated with myocardial inflammation and fibrotic remodeling.
PloS one · 2017
Latest funding
- $115,000
Instrumentation and computational modeling tools for cardiac electrophysiology
NSERC · 2010 · Principal investigator
- $130,000
Experimental and computational methods for electrophysiological studies in hearts of small rodents
NSERC · 2005 · Principal investigator
16 publications.
Acute ischaemia and gap junction modulation modify propagation patterns across Purkinje-myocardial junctions.
Jabbour RJ, Behradfar E, Debney M, Nygren A, Hartley A, Efimov I, Hocini M, Peters NS, Ng FS, Vigmond EJ
A robust multi-objective optimization framework to capture both cellular and intercellular properties in cardiac cellular model tuning: Analyzing different regions of membrane resistance profile in parameter fitting.
Pouranbarani E, Weber Dos Santos R, Nygren A
Transgenic mice overexpressing desmocollin-2 (DSC2) develop cardiomyopathy associated with myocardial inflammation and fibrotic remodeling.
Brodehl A, Belke DD, Garnett L, Martens K, Abdelfatah N, Rodriguez M, Diao C, Chen YX, Gordon PM, Nygren A, Gerull B
Drip 'n Ship Versus Mothership for Endovascular Treatment: Modeling the Best Transportation Options for Optimal Outcomes.
Milne MS, Holodinsky JK, Hill MD, Nygren A, Qiu C, Goyal M, Kamal N
Interplay among distinct Ca2+ conductances drives Ca2+ sparks/spontaneous transient outward currents in rat cerebral arteries.
Hashad AM, Mazumdar N, Romero M, Nygren A, Bigdely-Shamloo K, Harraz OF, Puglisi JL, Vigmond EJ, Wilson SM, Welsh DG
A multiplexed transcription activator-like effector system for detecting specific DNA sequences.
Honarmand A, Mayall R, George I, Oberding L, Dastidar H, Fegan J, Chaudhuri S, Dole J, Feng S, Hoang D, Moges R, Osgood J, Remondini T, van der Meulen WK, Wang S, Wintersinger C, Zaparoli Zucoloto A, Chatfield-Reed K, Arcellana-Panlilio M, Nygren A
Fitting membrane resistance along with action potential shape in cardiac myocytes improves convergence: application of a multi-objective parallel genetic algorithm.
Kaur J, Nygren A, Vigmond EJ
Ca(V)3.2 channels and the induction of negative feedback in cerebral arteries.
Harraz OF, Abd El-Rahman RR, Bigdely-Shamloo K, Wilson SM, Brett SE, Romero M, Gonzales AL, Earley S, Vigmond EJ, Nygren A, Menon BK, Mufti RE, Watson T, Starreveld Y, Furstenhaupt T, Muellerleile PR, Kurjiaka DT, Kyle BD, Braun AP, Welsh DG
The role of Purkinje-myocardial coupling during ventricular arrhythmia: a modeling study.
Behradfar E, Nygren A, Vigmond EJ
Reduced conduction reserve in the diabetic rat heart: role of iPLA2 activation in the response to ischemia.
Rahnema P, Shimoni Y, Nygren A
Instrumentation and computational modeling tools for cardiac electrophysiology
Principal investigators: Nygren, Anders
Experimental and computational methods for electrophysiological studies in hearts of small rodents
Principal investigators: Nygren, Anders
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Brenda Gerull and Anders Nygren: 1 shared paper
- Anders Nygren and Mayi Arcellana-Panlilio: 1 shared paper
- Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Other
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