Mice stop work both when their actions fail and when they're sated. New paper with Ryan Post, Dave Bulkin, Becket Ebitz, Vladlena Lee, and Kasey Han shows that lateral habenula tonic activity acts as a neutral valence 'brake'. Cornell University Neurobio & Behavior bit.ly/3pWIleX

Excited to present new work at #SfN22! Tuesday afternoon poster J4! Also check out cool stuff from Ryan Post (738.02 poster FF15) and Aaron + vargas-pi (139.21 poster X13)

Our work out in nature. Dopamine signals re-tune to whatever animals care about in the moment. Social feedback during courtship matters more than water or song quality in thirsty, lonely birds practicing their songs rdcu.be/dnaYa AndreaRoeser Vikram Gadagkar #love

I'm excited to be able to share some of my undergrad work! A huge thank to Michelle Klima, my mentors Nick Betley and AmberAlhadeff, and the entire Betley Lab for all the support- so grateful to have been able to work with and learn from everyone during this project!