Britt Lab for Neural Circuits, Motivation, and Reinforcement Learning
Our approach to uncovering the neurobiological processes that motivate and direct volitional behaviour is to combine state of the art methodologies (such as intracranial viral-mediated gene delivery, optogenetics, and calcium imaging) with simple rodent behavioural paradigms (such as Pavlovian and operant conditioning).
Our current efforts are largely focused on understanding the physiology and function of the nucleus accumbens, a forebrain structure that integrates contextual, emotional, and motivational cues to initiate and coordinate reward seeking behaviour.
Campus Neuroscience News
Community, Culture and Research with IMPRESS 2024
Published: 11 Jul 2024Professor Eric Hehman has been given a William Dawson Scholar award
Published: 7 Jul 2024Professor Caroline Palmer has received a Distinguished James McGill Professor award
Published: 7 Jul 2024