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Kiisa C. Nishikawa
Researcher at Northern Arizona University
Publications - 117
Citations - 3890
Kiisa C. Nishikawa is an academic researcher from Northern Arizona University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Titin & Sarcomere. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 107 publications receiving 3450 citations. Previous affiliations of Kiisa C. Nishikawa include University of California, Berkeley & University of Antwerp.
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Neuromechanics: an integrative approach for understanding motor control.
Kiisa C. Nishikawa,Andrew A. Biewener,Andrew A. Biewener,Peter Aerts,Anna N Ahn,Hillel J. Chiel,Monica A. Daley,Thomas L. Daniel,Robert J. Full,Melina E. Hale,Tyson L. Hedrick,A. Kristopher Lappin,T. Richard Nichols,Roger D. Quinn,Richard A. Satterlie,Brett G Szymik +15 more
TL;DR: These studies demonstrate that intrinsic properties of muscle contribute to dynamic stability and control of movement, particularly immediately after perturbations, and proprioceptive feedback reinforces these intrinsic self-stabilizing properties of Muscle.
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Is titin a 'winding filament'? A new twist on muscle contraction.
Kiisa C. Nishikawa,Jenna A. Monroy,Theodore E. Uyeno,Sang Hoon Yeo,Dinesh K. Pai,Stan L. Lindstedt +5 more
TL;DR: The winding filament hypothesis accounts for force enhancement during stretch and force depression during shortening, and provides testable predictions that will encourage new directions for research on mechanisms of muscle contraction.
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Do arm postures vary with the speed of reaching
TL;DR: The speed-invariant postures observed in this study are instead consistent with a hypothesized optimization of only the dynamic forces, which would reflect the minimal antigravity torques or the change in muscular forces.
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Paedomorphosis and simplification in the nervous system of salamanders.
TL;DR: It is suggested that, although increasing genome size and paedomorphosis tend to compromise the function of the salamander brain, compensating mechanisms have evolved that may restore or even enhance brain function.
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Competition and the evolution of aggressive behavior in two species of terrestrial salamanders.
TL;DR: The effects of competition on the evolution of interspecific interference mechanisms were studied by comparing the aggressive behavior of two terrestrial salamander species from two localities that differ in the intensity of inter specific competition.