Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital Ullevaal

Current research focus

Contractile properties in skeletal muscle during heart failure

Research projects

Project manager

• Skeletal muscle fatigue during heart failure in rats

Supervisor

• Exercise and heart failure in patients
• The importance of skeletal muscle extracellular matrix in CHF related fatigue and the role of skeletal muscle in the systemic inflammatory state of heart failure
• Reduction of Serca2 function in skeletal muscle: effects on muscle function and fatigue development
• Skeletal muscle fatigue mechanisms in rats and humans

Collaborator

• Heart failure protein interaction
• Identification and modulation of signaling complexes involved in hypertrophy and heart failure