Jonathan Britt

Jonathan Britt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at McGill University, affiliated with the Faculty of Science. He leads the Britt Lab, focusing on neural circuitry underlying motivated behaviors, particularly in the context of addiction and neuropsychiatric disorders. His work combines optogenetics, electrophysiology, and behavioral tasks to study the basal ganglia's role in reinforcement learning and compulsive behavior.

Research interests include the neural mechanisms of drug addiction, Tourette’s Syndrome, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, with a focus on dopamine pathways and synaptic modifications. Key methodologies involve all-optical approaches and optogenetic interrogation of neural circuits.

His recent studies highlight topics like alcohol palatability, serotonergic regulation of attention, and LSD’s effects on social behavior. Articles often explore the nucleus accumbens and hippocampal interactions in reward processing.

No scientific awards are explicitly listed, though his contributions to addiction neuroscience are notable. He advises no listed students and has no mentioned grants in the provided text. The Britt Lab serves as a central hub for his research activities.