Publications

Holt NC (2018) Beyond bouncy gaits: the role of multi-scale compliance in skeletal muscle performance. J. Exp. Zool. DOI: 10.1 002/jez.2261

Williams CD and Holt NC (2018) Spatial scale and structural heterogeneity in skeletal muscle performance. Integ. Comp. Biol. DOI: 10.1093/icb/icy057

Holt NC and Williams CD (2018) Can strain dependent inhibition of cross-bridge binding explain shifts in optimum muscle length. Integ. Comp. Biol. DOI: 10.1093/icb/icy050

Azizi E, Deslauriers AR, Holt NC, Eaton CE (2017) Resistance to radial expansions limits muscle strain and work Biomech. Model. Mechanobiol. DOI 10.1007/s10237-017-0909-3

Holt NC, Danos N, Roberts T, Azizi E (2016) Stuck in gear: age-related loss of variable gearing in skeletal muscle. J. Exp. Biol. 219:998-1003

Danos N, Holt NC, Sawicki GS, Azizi E (2016) Modeling age-related changes in muscle-tendon dynamics during cyclical contractions in the rat gastrocnemius J. Appl. Physiol. 121:1004-1012

Holt NC, Azizi E (2016) The effect of activation level on muscle function during locomotion: are optimal lengths and velocities always used. Proc. R. Soc. B 283: 20152832

Holt NC, Roberts TJ, Askew GN (2014) The energetic benefits of tendon springs in running: is the reduction of muscle work important. J. Exp. Biol. 217: 4365-4371


Holt NC, Azizi E (2014) What drives activation dependent shifts in the force-length curve? Biol. Lett. 10: 20140651 


Holt NC, Wakeling JM, Biewener AA (2014) The effect of fast and slow motor unit activation on whole-muscle mechanical performance: the size principle may not pose a mechanical paradox. Proc. R. Soc. B 281: 20140002 


Holt NC, Askew GA (2012) Locomotion on a slope in leaf-cutter ants: metabolic energy use, behavioural adaptations and the implications for route selection. J. Exp. Biol. 215: 2545-2550


Holt NC, Askew GA (2012) The effects of asymmetric length trajectories on the efficiency of mouse soleus muscles. J. Exp. Biol. 215: 324-330


Faria J, Dyer J, Clément R, Couzin I, Holt NC, Ward A, Waters D, Krause J (2010) A novel method for investigating the collective behaviour of fish: introducing “Robofish”. Behav. ecol. sociobiol. 64: 1211-1218


Miller G, Neilan M, Chia R, Gheryani N, Holt NC, Charbit A, Wells S, Tucci V, Lalanne Z, Denny P, Fisher EMC, Cheeseman M, Askew GN, Dear TN (2010) ENU Mutagenesis Reveals a Novel Phenotype of Reduced Limb Strength in Mice Lacking Fibrillin 2. PLoS ONE. 5: e9137