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2023
Crook, R.J. (2023). Perspective: Social License as a Lens for Improving Ethical and Welfare Standards in Cephalopod Research. Int. Comp. Biol. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icad099
Seymour, B., Crook, R.J. and Chen, Z.S. (2023). Post-injury pain and behaviour: a control theory perspective. Nat Rev Neurosci 24, 378–392. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-023-00699-5
Deutsch, S., Parsons, R., Shia, J., Detmering, S., Seng, C., Ng, A., Uribe, J., Manahan, M., Friedman, A., Winters-Bostwick, G. and Crook. R.J. (2023). Evaluation of candidates for systemic analgesia and general anesthesia in the emerging model cephalopod, Euprymna berryi. Special Issue: Anesthetics and analgesics used in aquatic animals. Biology 2023, 12, 201. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12020201
Walters, E.T., Crook, R.J. , Neely, G.G., Price, T.J., Smith, E.S. (2023). Persistent nociceptor hyperactivity as a painful evolutionary adaptation. Trends in Neurosciences https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2022.12.007.
2022
Crook, R.J. Somatotopic organization of mechanosensory afferents in the stellate ganglion of the squid, Euprymna. Biorxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.21.513268.
Holst, M.M., Hauver, C.M., Stein, R.S., Milano, B.L., Levine, L.H., Zink, A.G., Watters, J.V., and Crook, R.J. (2022). Behavioral changes in senescent giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) are associated with peripheral neural degeneration and loss of epithelial tissue. J. Comp. Biochem. and Physiol. Part A: Mol. Int. Physiol., 271. doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.111263.
2021
Abbo, L.A., Himebaugh, N.E., DeMelo, L.M., Hanlon, R.T. and Crook, R.J. (2021). Neurophysiological assessment of the anesthetic efficacy of magnesium chloride and ethyl alcohol on two temperate octopus and cuttlefish species. JAALAS. 60(5), 556-567 doi.org/10.30802/AALAS-JAALAS-20-0000762020
Crook, R.J. (2021). Behavioral and neurophysiological evidence suggests affective pain experience in octopus. iScience. doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102229
2020
Bazarini, S.N. and Crook, R.J. (2020). Environmental estrogen exposure disrupts sensory processing and nociceptive plasticity in the cephalopod, Euprymna scolopes. J. Exp. Biol 223 (June). doi: 10.1242/jeb.218008
2019
Howard, R.B., Lopes, L.N., Lardie, C.R., Perez, P.P and Crook, R.J. (2019). Early-life injury produces lifelong neural hyperexcitability, cognitive deficit and altered defensive behaviour in the squid, Euprymna scolopes. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 374: 20190281. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0281
2018
Seehafer, K., Brophy, S., Tom, S. and Crook, R.J. (2018). Ontogenetic and experience-dependent changes in defensive behavior in captive-bred Hawaiian Bobtail Squid, Euprymna scolopes. Front. Physiol. 10. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00299
Butler-Struben, H.M.*, Brophy, S.*, Johnson, N., and Crook, R.J. (2018) In vivo recording of neural correlates of anesthesia induction, reversal and euthanasia in cephalopod molluscs. Front. Physiol. 9:109. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00109. *equal contribution
2017
Perez, P.V., Butler-Struben, H.M., and Crook, R.J. (2017) The Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Fluoxetine increases spontaneous afferent firing, but not mechano-nociceptive sensitization, in Octopus. Invert. Neurosci. 17(4),10-12
Zepeda, E.A., Veline, R.J. and Crook, R.J. (2017) Rapid associative learning and stable long term memory in the squid, Euprymna scolopes. Biol. Bull, 232(3): 212-218
2016
Oshima, M., di Pauli von Treuheim, T., Carroll, J., Hanlon R.T., Walters, E.T. and Crook, R.J. (2016). Peripheral injury alters schooling behavior in squid, Doryteuthis pealei. Behav. Proc. 128 89-95
2014
Crook, R.J. and Walters, E.T. (2014). Self-recognition helps octopuses avoid entanglement. Curr. Biol. 24(11) 520-521
Crook, R.J., Dickson, K.D., Hanlon, R.T. and Walters, E.T. (2014). Nociceptive sensitization reduces predation risk. Curr. Biol. 24(10) 1121-1125
Yang, Q., Wu, Z., Hadden, J., Odem, M., Zuo, Y., Crook, R.J., Frost, J. and Walters, E.T. (2014) Persistent pain after spinal cord injury is maintained by primary afferent activity. J. Neurosci. 34(32) 10765-10769
2013
Alupay, J.S., Hadjisolomou, S.P and Crook, R.J. (2013). Arm injury produces long-term behavioral and neural hypersensitivity in octopus. Neurosci. Lett. 558, 137-142
Crook, R.J., Hanlon, R.T. and Walters, E.T. (2013). Squid have nociceptors that display long term sensitization and spontaneous activity after bodily injury. J. Neurosci. 33(24) 10021-10026
Wu. Z., Yang, Q., Crook, R.J., O'Neil, R.G. and Walters, E.T. (2013). TRPV1 channels make major contributions to behavioral hypersensitivity and spontaneous activity in nociceptors after spinal cord injury. Pain, 154(10) 2130-2141
Crook, R.J. (2013). The welfare of invertebrates in research: Can science’s next generation improve their lot? (Invited review) J. Postdoct. Aff. 1(2), 9-20
Matthias, N., Robinson, M.A., Crook, R.J., Lockworth, C.R. and Goodwin, B.S. (2013). Local cryoanalgesia is effective for tail-tip biopsy in mice. JAALS, 52(2) 171-175
Crook, R.J., and Basil, J.A. (2013). Flexible spatial orientation and navigational strategies in Chambered Nautilus. Ethology, 119(1), 77-85
2012
Wardill, T., Gonzalez-Bellido, P., Crook, R.J. and Hanlon, R.T. (2012) Neural control of tunable skin iridescence in squid. Proc R. Soc. B, 279(1745) 4243-4252
Basil, J.A., Barord, G., Crook, R.J., Derman, R., Ju, C.H., Travis, L. and Vargas, T. (2012) A synthetic approach to the study of learning and memory in Chambered Nautilus (Cephalopoda: Nautiloidea). Vie Et Milieaux, 61(4) 231-242
Bedi, SS, Lago, M., Crook, R.J., Grill, R and Walters, E.T. (2012) Spinal cord injury triggers an intrinsic growth-promoting state in nociceptors. J. Neurotrauma. 29(5) 925-935
2011
Crook, R.J., Lewis, T., Hanlon, R.T and Walters, E.T. (2011). Peripheral injury produces long-term sensitization of responses to tactile and visual stimuli in squid, Loligo pealei. J. Exp. Biol. 214, 3173-3185
Crook, R.J. and Walters, E.T. (2011). Nociceptive behavior and physiology in molluscs: Animal welfare implications. ILAR. 52 (2) 185-195
2010 and earlier
Bedi, S.*, Yang, Q.*, Crook, R.J.*, Du, J, Wu, Z., Fishman, H., Grill, R., Carlton, S., and Walters, E.T. (2010). Chronic spontaneous activity generated in the somata of small dorsal root ganglion neurons is associated with pain-related behavior following spinal cord injury. (*equal contribution) J. Neurosci. 30(44) 14870-14882
Crook, R.J., Hanlon, R.T and Basil, J.A. (2009). Memory of visual and topographical features suggests spatial learning in the ancient cephalopod, nautilus (Nautilus pompilius L.). J. Comp. Psych. 3 264-274
Crook, R.J., and Basil, J. (2008). A role for nautilus in studies of the evolution of brain and behavior (Invited review). Comm. Int. Bio. 1: 61-62
Crook, R.J. and Basil, J.A. (2008). A biphasic memory curve in the Chambered Nautilus, Nautilus pompilius L. (Cephalopoda: Nautiloidea) J. Exp. Biol.211: 1992-1998 (Article featured in Nature Research Highlights, ScienceDaily, ScienceBlogs
Crook, R.J., Patullo, B.W., and Macmillan, D.L. (2004). Multimodal individual recognition in the freshwater crayfish Cherax destructor. Mar. Fresh. Behav. Physiol. Vol 37, No. 4: 271-285