TYE LAB

The Tye Lab is located at the Salk Institute. We are currently accepting undergraduate and graduate students through UCSD, as well as Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows, Research Assistants & Visiting Students! https://tyelab.org/join/... The Tye Lab employs a multi-disciplinary approach including optogenetic, in vivo and ex vivo electrophysiological, pharmacological and imaging techniques to find mechanistic explanations for how emotional and motivational states influence behavior, in health and disease... Behaviors are motivated by two emotional valences: Seeking pleasure and avoiding pain. The ability to select appropriate behavioral responses to environmental stimuli, such as avoiding a predator or approaching a food source, is critical for survival. Although most animals are capable of learning to assign either positive or negative associations to environmental cues, we are only beginning to understand the underlying neural circuits and the plasticity that mediate the formation,..

Primary location: La Jolla United States