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T. Richard Nichols is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on engineering and medicine, with a strong emphasis on biomedical engineering and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work addresses several interconnected topics, including muscle activation and electromyography studies, spinal cord injury research, and motor control and adaptation. Additional areas of study include veterinary orthopedics and neurology, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, and nerve injury and rehabilitation.

Recent publications by Nichols demonstrate a range of investigations into neurophysiological and motor control mechanisms. These papers include:

  • Reduced inhibition from quadriceps onto soleus after acute quadriceps fatigue suggests Golgi tendon organ contribution to heteronymous inhibition, 2024, European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Redistribution of inhibitory force feedback between a long toe flexor and the major ankle extensor muscles following spinal cord injury, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience Research
  • Parametric control of limb mechanics is accomplished in the spinal cord by parallel-distributed processing, 2021, Physics of Life Reviews
  • Role of forelimb morphology in muscle sensorimotor functions during locomotion in the cat, 2024, The Journal of Physiology
  • Non-uniform upregulation of the autogenic stretch reflex among hindlimb extensors following lateral spinal lesion in the cat, 2021, Experimental Brain Research

Their frequent coauthors include Mark A. Lyle, Seyed Mohammadali Rahmati, Alexander N. Klishko, Ramaldo S. Martin, and Nate E. Bunderson.

Publishing in various neurophysiology and biomedical science journals, Nichols has contributed to venues such as the European Journal of Neuroscience, The Journal of Physiology, Journal of Neuroscience Research, Physics of Life Reviews, and Experimental Brain Research.

Best Publications

  • Improvement in linearity and regulation of stiffness that results from actions of stretch reflex.

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  • Neuromechanics: an integrative approach for understanding motor control.

    Kiisa Nishikawa;Andrew A. Biewener;Andrew A. Biewener;Peter Aerts;Anna N. Ahn

  • Stable long-term recordings from cat peripheral nerves.

    R.B. Stein;T.R. Nichols;J. Jhamandas;L. Davis

  • A PDMS-Based Integrated Stretchable Microelectrode Array (isMEA) for Neural and Muscular Surface Interfacing

    Liang Guo;G. S. Guvanasen;Xi Liu;C. Tuthill

  • Local Loss of Proprioception Results in Disruption of Interjoint Coordination During Locomotion in the Cat

    Thomas A. Abelew;Melissa D. Miller;Timothy C. Cope;T. Richard Nichols

  • Cat hindlimb muscles exert substantial torques outside the sagittal plane

    J. H. Lawrence;T. R. Nichols;A. W. English

  • Rapid Spinal Mechanisms of Motor Coordination

    T. Richard Nichols;Timothy C. Cope;Thomas A. Abelew

  • Reinnervated muscles fail to produce stretch reflexes

    T. C. Cope;S. J. Bonasera;T. R. Nichols

  • Reflex Compensation for Variations in the Mechanical Properties of a Muscle

    T. Richard Nichols;James C. Houk

  • Mechanical analysis of heterogenic inhibition between soleus muscle and the pretibial flexors in the cat.

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  • Electromyographic Responses From the Hindlimb Muscles of the Decerebrate Cat to Horizontal Support Surface Perturbations

    Claire F. Honeycutt;Jinger S. Gottschall;T. Richard Nichols;T. Richard Nichols

  • Whole limb kinematics are preferentially conserved over individual joint kinematics after peripheral nerve injury

    Young-Hui Chang;Arick G. Auyang;John P. Scholz;T. Richard Nichols

  • Receptor Mechanisms Underlying Heterogenic Reflexes Among the Triceps Surae Muscles of the Cat

    T. Richard Nichols

  • Distributed force feedback in the spinal cord and the regulation of limb mechanics

    T. Richard Nichols

  • Distribution of heterogenic reflexes among the quadriceps and triceps surae muscles of the cat hind limb.

    Ronnie J. H. Wilmink;T. Richard Nichols

  • The effects of self-reinnervation of cat medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscles on hindlimb kinematics in slope walking

    Huub Maas;Huub Maas;Boris I. Prilutsky;T. Richard Nichols;T. Richard Nichols;Robert J. Gregor;Robert J. Gregor

  • Three-dimensional model of the feline hindlimb.

    Thomas J. Burkholder;T. Richard Nichols

  • Movement Reduces the Dynamic Response of Muscle Spindle Afferents and Motoneuron Synaptic Potentials in Rat

    Valerie K. Haftel;Edyta K. Bichler;T. Richard Nichols;Martin J. Pinter

  • Resetting of resultant stiffness in ankle flexor and extensor muscles in the decerebrate cat

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  • Flexible microelectrode arrays with integrated insertion devices

    D.P. O'Brien;T.R. Nichols;M.G. Allen

  • The Decerebrate Cat Generates the Essential Features of the Force Constraint Strategy

    Claire F. Honeycutt;T. Richard Nichols

  • Heterogenic feedback between hindlimb extensors in the spontaneously locomoting premammillary cat.

    Kyla Turpin Ross;T. Richard Nichols

  • Intrinsic Properties and Reflex Compensation in Reinnervated Triceps Surae Muscles of the Cat: Effect of Activation Level

    Clotilde M.J.I. Huyghues-Despointes;Timothy C. Cope;T. Richard Nichols

  • Neuromuscular strategies for the transitions between level and hill surfaces during walking

    Jinger S. Gottschall;T. Richard Nichols

  • Muscle spindle responses to horizontal support surface perturbation in the anesthetized cat: insights into the role of autogenic feedback in whole body postural control

    Claire F. Honeycutt;Paul Nardelli;Timothy C. Cope;T. Richard Nichols

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy C. Cope
Timothy C. Cope Georgia Institute of Technology
Stephen P. DeWeerth
Stephen P. DeWeerth Lehigh University
Arthur W. English
Arthur W. English Emory University
Brian L. Day
Brian L. Day University College London
Paul DiZio
Paul DiZio Brandeis University
James R. Lackner
James R. Lackner Brandeis University
Serge Rossignol
Serge Rossignol University of Montreal
Yuri P. Ivanenko
Yuri P. Ivanenko Collège de France
Roger D. Quinn
Roger D. Quinn Case Western Reserve University
Fay B. Horak
Fay B. Horak Oregon Health & Science University

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