George Mason University at SfN 2026

Nov 14–18, 2026 Washington, DC ~21k attendees Website

George Mason University brings 26 presentations to SfN 2026 in Washington. Its program at this meeting centres on hippocampal rhythms, spatial memory and navigation, and how neural systems develop. One thread examines how NMDA receptor signaling shapes theta and gamma rhythms involved in spatial navigation.

Organization	SfN 2026 Attendance
George Mason University Fairfax, VA
gmu.edu Universities and research institutes Public research university in Fairfax, Virginia.	Talk Sat Nov 14 1–4pm Part of Session NANO05: Time Across Systems and Species Chair WCC Rm 143 Talk Sat Nov 14 1–1:15pm Part of Session NANO05: Time Across Systems and Species Timing the past, planning the future: Distinct neural correlates guide prospective and retrospective confidence in time estimates WCC Rm 143 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR055: Pain Models Proteomic Adaptations in the Spinal Cord and Dorsal Root Ganglia of a Breast Cancer Model of Paclitaxel-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy WCC Halls A-C · Board Y27 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session TKP07: Ethical and Policy Issues in Neuroscience AESPA (Agentic Extraction Schema for Preprocessing Analysis): Bridging the gap between neuroimaging reporting guidelines and machine-readable methods WCC Halls A-C · Board MM36 Poster Sun Nov 15 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR081: Mechanisms of Neurodevelopment: Humans and Non-Human Primates Proteomic Characterization of Human Neural Progenitor Cells Reveals Matrix and Adhesion Changes Associated with the CHRFAM7AΔ2bp Variant WCC Halls A-C · Board D22 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR120: Synapse and Circuit Formation, Maturation, and Remodeling Hippocampal NMDA Receptor GluN2A Ionotropic Signaling is Required for the Maturation of Spatial Learning and Memory WCC Halls A-C · Board E6 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR131: Brain Injury: Animal Models: Biomarkers and Histology rmTBI leads to cellular deficits in the entorhinal cortex in C57 wildtype mice WCC Halls A-C · Board W6 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR156: The Role of Neural Oscillations in Memory Formation, Reactivation, and Forgetting NMDAR GluN2 Signaling as a Modulator of the Hippocampal Theta and Gamma Oscillations Crucial for Spatial Navigation WCC Halls A-C · Board KK55 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR156: The Role of Neural Oscillations in Memory Formation, Reactivation, and Forgetting Maturation of Human Sequence Memory in Relation to Cortical Oscillations from Five to Twenty One Years Old WCC Halls A-C · Board KK56 Poster Mon Nov 16 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR203: Grid Cells and Spatially Modulated Cells Development of Hippocampal Theta and Gamma Oscillations in Relation to Goal Directed Behavior in Juvenile Rats WCC Halls A-C · Board LL9 Poster Mon Nov 16 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR203: Grid Cells and Spatially Modulated Cells Hippocampal Oscillations in Juvenile Rats Are Impacted Differentially by Allocentric and Egocentric Behaviors WCC Halls A-C · Board LL10 Poster Mon Nov 16 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR203: Grid Cells and Spatially Modulated Cells A Medial Septal-Entorhinal Circuit Model of Path Integration WCC Halls A-C · Board LL11 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR250: Population Dynamics and Neural Representations A BOLD forward model in macaque M1-PMd preserves the time-averaged communication subspace but loses its fast reconfiguration WCC Halls A-C · Board LL89 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR250: Population Dynamics and Neural Representations Neuron-type effective connectivity of the rodent hippocampal formation by data-driven neural mass modeling WCC Halls A-C · Board MM4 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR251: Cells to Circuits at Scale: Omics, Connectomics, and Brain Atlases Databases for neural morphology and hippocampal cell types WCC Halls A-C · Board MM26 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR258: Epilepsy Mechanisms: Channels, Synapses, Interneurons, and Developmental Dysfunction DNA-Aptamer Based Potassium Sensor for Investigating Neuronal Activity WCC Halls A-C · Board T3 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR270: Nociceptors, Thermoreceptors, and Pruriceptors Functionalization of Sodium Alginate Hydrogels for Targeted Use on Nociceptive Pathways in Drosophila WCC Halls A-C · Board BB7 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR277: Motor Learning: Animal (Behavior/Physiology/Imaging) A Bayesian model of learning and decision making in the anterolateral motor cortex and the basal ganglia WCC Halls A-C · Board FF14 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR279: Plasticity and Regulation of Sleep and Sleep Deprivation Impact of mechanical rocking on sleep in Alzheimer’s Disease model Drosophila WCC Halls A-C · Board HH3 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR279: Plasticity and Regulation of Sleep and Sleep Deprivation The Role of Pituitary Homeobox 1 (Ptx1) in Sleep Regulation and Dopaminergic Signaling in Drosophila melanogaster WCC Halls A-C · Board HH5 Poster Wed Nov 18 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR300: LTP and LTD: Pre- and Postsynaptic Mechanisms The GluN2B CTD permits the induction of ionotropic and nonionotropic NMDAR-dependent synaptic long-term depression in the hippocampus WCC Halls A-C · Board O4 Poster Wed Nov 18 1–5pm Part of Session LBP081: I.03. Decision Making Dissociation Between Trust Decisions and Social Inference WCC Halls A-C · Board B31 Poster Wed Nov 18 1–5pm Part of Session LBP087: I.09. Spatial Navigation Dynamic changes in hippocampal CA1 acetylcholine release, network oscillations, and spatial representations during encoding and retrieval of spatial memories WCC Halls A-C · Board C37 Poster Wed Nov 18 1–5pm Part of Session LBP087: I.09. Spatial Navigation Place cells rescale and remap after large-scale expansion of a familiar environment in mice WCC Halls A-C · Board C43 Poster Wed Nov 18 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR346: Microglia Biology Spatial statistics and point pattern analysis reveal lifespan trajectories of microglial density and clustering in the primate hippocampus WCC Halls A-C · Board Q3 Poster Wed Nov 18 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR380: Hippocampal Dynamics and Coding Hippocampal Acetylcholine Release Encodes Spatial Novelty and Correlates with Exploratory Behavior in CA1 WCC Halls A-C · Board LL19

Organization

SfN 2026 Attendance

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

gmu.edu

Universities and research institutes

Public research university in Fairfax, Virginia.

Talk

Sat Nov 14
1–4pm

Part of Session NANO05: Time Across Systems and Species

Chair

WCC Rm 143

Talk

Sat Nov 14
1–1:15pm

Part of Session NANO05: Time Across Systems and Species

Timing the past, planning the future: Distinct neural correlates guide prospective and retrospective confidence in time estimates

WCC Rm 143

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR055: Pain Models

Proteomic Adaptations in the Spinal Cord and Dorsal Root Ganglia of a Breast Cancer Model of Paclitaxel-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

WCC Halls A-C · Board Y27

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session TKP07: Ethical and Policy Issues in Neuroscience

AESPA (Agentic Extraction Schema for Preprocessing Analysis): Bridging the gap between neuroimaging reporting guidelines and machine-readable methods

WCC Halls A-C · Board MM36

Poster

Sun Nov 15
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR081: Mechanisms of Neurodevelopment: Humans and Non-Human Primates

Proteomic Characterization of Human Neural Progenitor Cells Reveals Matrix and Adhesion Changes Associated with the CHRFAM7AΔ2bp Variant

WCC Halls A-C · Board D22

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR120: Synapse and Circuit Formation, Maturation, and Remodeling

Hippocampal NMDA Receptor GluN2A Ionotropic Signaling is Required for the Maturation of Spatial Learning and Memory

WCC Halls A-C · Board E6

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR131: Brain Injury: Animal Models: Biomarkers and Histology

rmTBI leads to cellular deficits in the entorhinal cortex in C57 wildtype mice

WCC Halls A-C · Board W6

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR156: The Role of Neural Oscillations in Memory Formation, Reactivation, and Forgetting

NMDAR GluN2 Signaling as a Modulator of the Hippocampal Theta and Gamma Oscillations Crucial for Spatial Navigation

WCC Halls A-C · Board KK55

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR156: The Role of Neural Oscillations in Memory Formation, Reactivation, and Forgetting

Maturation of Human Sequence Memory in Relation to Cortical Oscillations from Five to Twenty One Years Old

WCC Halls A-C · Board KK56

Poster

Mon Nov 16
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR203: Grid Cells and Spatially Modulated Cells

Development of Hippocampal Theta and Gamma Oscillations in Relation to Goal Directed Behavior in Juvenile Rats

WCC Halls A-C · Board LL9

Poster

Mon Nov 16
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR203: Grid Cells and Spatially Modulated Cells

Hippocampal Oscillations in Juvenile Rats Are Impacted Differentially by Allocentric and Egocentric Behaviors

WCC Halls A-C · Board LL10

Poster

Mon Nov 16
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR203: Grid Cells and Spatially Modulated Cells

A Medial Septal-Entorhinal Circuit Model of Path Integration

WCC Halls A-C · Board LL11

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR250: Population Dynamics and Neural Representations

A BOLD forward model in macaque M1-PMd preserves the time-averaged communication subspace but loses its fast reconfiguration

WCC Halls A-C · Board LL89

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR250: Population Dynamics and Neural Representations

Neuron-type effective connectivity of the rodent hippocampal formation by data-driven neural mass modeling

WCC Halls A-C · Board MM4

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR251: Cells to Circuits at Scale: Omics, Connectomics, and Brain Atlases

Databases for neural morphology and hippocampal cell types

WCC Halls A-C · Board MM26

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR258: Epilepsy Mechanisms: Channels, Synapses, Interneurons, and Developmental Dysfunction

DNA-Aptamer Based Potassium Sensor for Investigating Neuronal Activity

WCC Halls A-C · Board T3

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR270: Nociceptors, Thermoreceptors, and Pruriceptors

Functionalization of Sodium Alginate Hydrogels for Targeted Use on Nociceptive Pathways in Drosophila

WCC Halls A-C · Board BB7

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR277: Motor Learning: Animal (Behavior/Physiology/Imaging)

A Bayesian model of learning and decision making in the anterolateral motor cortex and the basal ganglia

WCC Halls A-C · Board FF14

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR279: Plasticity and Regulation of Sleep and Sleep Deprivation

Impact of mechanical rocking on sleep in Alzheimer’s Disease model Drosophila

WCC Halls A-C · Board HH3

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR279: Plasticity and Regulation of Sleep and Sleep Deprivation

The Role of Pituitary Homeobox 1 (Ptx1) in Sleep Regulation and Dopaminergic Signaling in Drosophila melanogaster

WCC Halls A-C · Board HH5

Poster

Wed Nov 18
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR300: LTP and LTD: Pre- and Postsynaptic Mechanisms

The GluN2B CTD permits the induction of ionotropic and nonionotropic NMDAR-dependent synaptic long-term depression in the hippocampus

WCC Halls A-C · Board O4

Poster

Wed Nov 18
1–5pm

Part of Session LBP081: I.03. Decision Making

Dissociation Between Trust Decisions and Social Inference

WCC Halls A-C · Board B31

Poster

Wed Nov 18
1–5pm

Part of Session LBP087: I.09. Spatial Navigation

Dynamic changes in hippocampal CA1 acetylcholine release, network oscillations, and spatial representations during encoding and retrieval of spatial memories

WCC Halls A-C · Board C37

Poster

Wed Nov 18
1–5pm

Part of Session LBP087: I.09. Spatial Navigation

Place cells rescale and remap after large-scale expansion of a familiar environment in mice

WCC Halls A-C · Board C43

Poster

Wed Nov 18
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR346: Microglia Biology

Spatial statistics and point pattern analysis reveal lifespan trajectories of microglial density and clustering in the primate hippocampus

WCC Halls A-C · Board Q3

Poster

Wed Nov 18
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR380: Hippocampal Dynamics and Coding

Hippocampal Acetylcholine Release Encodes Spatial Novelty and Correlates with Exploratory Behavior in CA1

WCC Halls A-C · Board LL19

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