Welcome to the Berke Lab! We investigate fundamental neural mechanisms underlying choices and actions, and how these processes are altered through learning and in neurological/psychiatric disorders including drug addiction, Tourette Syndrome andParkinson’s Disease.
We are a systems neuroscience lab, attempting to understand how certain key neural circuits in the brain work. We use advanced electrophysiological techniques to examine the activity patterns of individual neurons, and neuronal populations, in awake brains. Our groupis engaged in a variety of research projects - click on a link to read more.
Spatial firing patterns of four different striatal neurons during performance of a radial maze task