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.

 

Behavior

Deploy Pavlovian and instrumental learning tasks to dissect components of reward

Development

Model how early life variables change the response to and self-administration of drugs.

Neuropharmacology

Explore how ligands interact in the CNS to control drug self-administration