People at UWO Applied Mathematics

Mair Zamir
Professor Emeritus

Department of Applied Mathematics University of Western Ontario Middlesex College Rm. 209 London, ON, Canada N6A 5B7 tel: (519) 661-2111 ext. 88779 fax: (519) 661-3523 email: zamir@uwo.ca Ph.D. University of London 1968 B.Sc. University of London 1965

Research Interests

• Blood Flow
• Theoretical Biology
• Biomechanics

Recent Publications

• Beighley PE, Zamir M, Wentz1 RJ, Koch LG, Britton SL, Ritman EL, 2013. Vascularity of myocardium and gastrocnemius muscle in rats selectively bred for endurance running Capacity. Physiological Genomics 45:119 – 125.
• Kember G, Armour JA, Zamir M, 2013. Dynamic neural networking as a basis for plasticity in the control of heart rate. Journal of Theoretical Biology 317:39 – 46.
• Zamir M, Twynstra J, Vercnocke AJ, Welch I, Jorgensen SM, Ritman EL, Holdsworth DW, Shoemaker JK, 2012. Intrinsic microvasculature of the sciatic nerve in the rat. Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System 17:377 – 384.
• Zamir M, Kimmerly DS, Shoemaker JK, 2012. Cardiac mechanoreceptor function implicated during premature ventricular contraction. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical 167:50 – 55.
• Frances MF, Goswami R, Rachinsky M, Craen R, Kiviniemi AM, Fleischhauer A, Steinback CD, Zamir M, Shoemaker JK, 2011. Adrenergic and myogenic regulation of viscoelasticity in the vascular bed of the human forearm. Experimental Physiology 96:1129 – 1137.
• Hodis S, Zamir M, 2011. Coupled radial and longitudinal displacements and stresses within the arterial wall in pulsatile flow under tethered and free-wall conditions. Physical Review E: 83(5). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.83.051923.
• Kline TL, Zamir M, Ritman EL 2011. Relating Function to Branching Geometry: A Micro-CT Study of the Hepatic Artery, Portal Vein, and Biliary Tree. Cells Tissues Organs. DOI:10.1159/000323482
• Hodis S, Zamir M, 2011. Mechanical events within the arterial wall under the forces of pulsatile flow: a review. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. DOI:10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.01.005
• Kember GC, Armour JA, Zamir M, 2011. Neural Control of Heart Rate: The Role of Neuronal Networking. Journal of Theoretical Biology 277:41 – 47. DOI:10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.02.01
• Hodis S, Zamir M, 2011. Pulse Wave Velocity as a Diagnostic Index: The Pitfalls of Tethering versus Stiffening of the Arterial Wall. Journal of Biomechanics 44:1367-73. DOI:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.12.029
• Zamir M, Goswami R, Liu L, Salmanpour A, Shoemaker JK, 2011. Myogenic activity in autoregulation during low frequency oscillations. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical. DOI:10.1016/j.autoneu.210.07.029
• Kline TL, Zamir M, Ritman EL, 2010. Accuracy of Microvascular Measurements Obtained from
  Micro-CT Images. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 38:2851-2864. DOI:10.1007/s10439-010-0058-7
• Zamir M, Moore JE Jr, Fujioka H, Gaver DP III, 2010. Biofluid Mechanics of Special Organs and the Issue of System Control. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 38:1204-1215. DOI:10.1007/s10439-010-9902-z
• Hodis M, Zamir M, 2009. Arterial wall tethering as a distant boundary condition. Physical Review E 80:051913.
• Zamir M, Norton K, Fleischhauer A, Frances MF, Goswami R, Usselman CW, Nolan RP, Shoemaker JK, 2009. Dynamic responsiveness of the vascular bed as a regulatory mechanism in vasomotor control. The Journal of General Physiology. DOI: 10.1085/ jgp.200910218.
• Hodis S, Zamir M, 2009. Mechanical events within the arterial wall: The dynamic context for elastine fatigue. Journal of Biomechanics 42:1010 – 1016.
• Hodis S, Zamir M, 2008. Solutions of the Maxwell viscoelastic equations for displacement and stress distributions within the arterial wall. Physical Review E 78:021914.
• Dong Y., Beighley P.E., Eaker D.R., Zamir M., Ritman E.L.: Intramyocardial capillary blood volume estimated by whole-body CT – validation by micro-CT. Proc SPIE, Medical Imaging 2008, 6916:691624-1 – 691624-6, 2008.
• Zamir M, Goswami R, Salzer D, Shoemaker JK, 2007. Role of vascular bed compliance in vasomotor control in human skeletal muscle. Experimental Physiology 92:841-848.
• Ohuchi H, Beighley PE, Dong Y, Zamir M, Ritman EL, 2007. Microvascular development in porcine right and left ventricular walls. Pediatric Research 61:676-680.
• Kember GC, Armour JA, Zamir M, 2006. Mechanism of smart baroreception in the aortic arch. Physical Review E 74:031914(5).
• Kajiya F, Zamir M, Carlier S, 2005. Cardiac hemodynamics, coronary circulation and interventional cardiology. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 33:1728-1734.
• Kember GC, Zamir M, Armour JA, 2004. “Smart” baroreception along the aortic arch, with reference to essential hypertension. Physical Review E 70:051914(5).
• Gössl M, Zamir M, Ritman EL, 2004. Vasa vasorum growth in the coronary arteries of newborn pigs. Anatomy and Embryology 208:351-357.
• Alderson H, & M. Zamir, 2004. Effects of stent stiffness on local hemodynamics with particular reference to wave reflections. Journal of Biomechanics 37:339-348.
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• Zamir M, 2005. The Physics of Coronary Blood Flow. Springer, New York.
• Zamir M, 2000. The Physics of Pulsatile Flow. Springer-Verlag, New York.