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Welcome
The Garcia Lab capitalizes on preclinical models to understand human behavior and the neurobiological roots of psychological disorders. We utilize behavioral and learning models, economic principles, pharmacological tools, and modern neuroscience techniques. We specialize in understanding substance use disorders and reinforcement learning.
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Deploy Pavlovian and instrumental learning tasks to dissect components of reward
Model how early life variables change the response to and self-administration of drugs.
Explore how ligands interact in the CNS to control drug self-administration