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Andrew P. Cook

University of WashingtonORCID 0000-0002-4349-2880Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Drosophila· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:electronic health records· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Farzaan SalmaniD· 2 shared Jasper S. PhelpsiD· 2 shared Jessica M. JonesiD· 2 shared John C TuthilliD· 2 shared Kevin C. DalyiD· 2 shared Wei-Chung Allen LeeiD· 2 shared Akhilesh HalageriiD· 1 shared Akira MamiyaiD· 1 shared

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Distributed control circuits across a brain-and-cord connectome

Alexander Shakeel Bates, Jasper S. Phelps, Minsu Kim, Helen H. Yang, Arie Matsliah, Zaki Ajabi, Eric Perlman, Kevin M. Delgado, Mohammed Abdal Monium Osman, Christopher K. Salmon, Jay Gager, Benjamin Silverman, Sophia Renauld, Farzaan Salman, Janki Patel, , Wei-Chung Allen Lee

The paper presents the first densely reconstructed adult fruit fly connectome integrating the brain and ventral nerve cord, revealing distributed control circuits involving local and long-range neural connections.

Lirias · Jun 8, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Ascending nociceptive pathways drive rapid escape and sustained avoidance in adult Drosophila

Jessica M. Jones, Anne Sustar, Akira Mamiya, Sarah Walling-Bell, Grant M Chou, Andrew P. Cook, John C Tuthill

This study identifies abdominal multidendritic neurons as the sole somatosensory class driving rapid escape and sustained avoidance in adult Drosophila through thermal nociception.

bioRxiv · Oct 28, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Organization of an Ascending Circuit that Conveys Flight Motor State

Han SJ Cheong, Kaitlyn Nicole Boone, Marryn M Bennett, Farzaan Salman, Jacob D. Ralston, Kaleb Hatch, Raven F. Allen, Alec M. Phelps, Andrew P. Cook, Jasper S. Phelps, Mert Erginkaya, Wei-Chung Allen Lee, Gwyneth M Card, Kevin C. Daly, Andrew M. Dacks

The paper identifies two pairs of ascending histaminergic neurons that provide predictive motor signals to non-overlapping sensory and motor networks in flies.

bioRxiv · Jun 7, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience