Medical College of Wisconsin at SfN 2026

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

Medical College of Wisconsin brings 16 presentations to SfN 2026 in Washington. Its presentations at this meeting centre on stress and behavior, neurodegenerative disease, and decoding brain signals. One thread explores using intracranial EEG and deep learning to map brain activity to semantic meaning.

Organization	SfN 2026 Attendance
Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI
mcw.edu Universities and research institutes Private medical school and research institution in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.	Poster Sat Nov 14 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR003: Adolescent Development: Animal Models Sex and age-dependent alterations in cognitive and hedonic processing in a two-hit early-life scarcity and adult chronic stress rat model WCC Halls A-C · Board M2 Poster Sat Nov 14 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR006: Intrinsic Excitability: Neuromodulation, Axonal Signaling, Ion Channels, and Computational Models Computational modeling of cell-type-specific cortical stimulation to suppress pyramidal output in a human layer 5 motor-cortex circuit WCC Halls A-C · Board T12 Poster Sat Nov 14 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR010: Alzheimer's Disease: Genetics and Preclinical Models Functional analysis of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease risk genes in Caenorhabditis elegans identifies regulators of neuronal aging WCC Halls A-C · Board V22 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session LBP003: C.03. Parkinson’s Disease SARM1 Links Mitochondrial Stress to Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration Through an ULK1-Associated Pathway in a Rotenone Model of Parkinson’s Disease WCC Halls A-C · Board C14 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR044: Structural Plasticity and Extracellular Matrix Dynamics Psychedelic Psilocybin and DOI’s Effect on Nucleus Accumbens Core Structural and Functional Synaptic Plasticity WCC Halls A-C · Board K5 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR054: Translational Studies and Therapeutic Strategies in Multiple Sclerosis Targeting neuronal protease-activated receptor 1 confers neuroprotection in models of multiple sclerosis WCC Halls A-C · Board Y5 Poster Sun Nov 15 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR117: Decoding Large-Scale Neural Dynamics: Models, States, and Whole-Brain Population Computation Self-Supervised Pretraining on Intracranial EEG Improves Downstream Semantic Decoding WCC Halls A-C · Board KK60 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session LBP022: D.04. Brain Injury and Trauma Cumulative concussion and high head impact exposure sports participation are associated with brain morphometry in former collegiate athletes: A CARE Consortium Study WCC Halls A-C · Board B17 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR130: Neural-Immune Signaling in Neuropsychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorders The Role of Microglial CSF1R Signaling in Stress-Induced MMP-2/9 Activation and Long-Lasting Synaptic Plasticity in the Nucleus Accumbens Core WCC Halls A-C · Board V4 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR144: Stress-Modulated Pathways: Reward and Motivational Drive Circuits Sex Differences in the Effects of Chronic Stress, Chronic Corticosterone and Prefrontal Cortical REDD1 Overexpression on Pavlovian Autoshaping Behavior in Rats WCC Halls A-C · Board DD23 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR152: Neural Substrates of Opioid Seeking Role of Fkbp5 in Astrocyte Reactivity and Involvement in Opioid-Related Behavior WCC Halls A-C · Board II27 Poster Mon Nov 16 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR177: Cellular Stress and Mechanisms of Degeneration Cholesterol and RGC axonal degeneration in the adult zebrafish visual system: a role in mediating axonal regeneration? WCC Halls A-C · Board W8 Poster Mon Nov 16 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR177: Cellular Stress and Mechanisms of Degeneration Metabolic Syndrome Causes Early Neurodegenerative Alteration in Ossabaw Minipig Retina WCC Halls A-C · Board W11 Poster Mon Nov 16 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR197: Hallucinogens: Neural Mechanisms of Action Effects of psilocybin on cognitive flexibility in rats WCC Halls A-C · Board HH23 Poster Wed Nov 18 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR318: Neuroprosthetics: Non-Motor Interfaces Mapping intracranial EEG to semantic embedding spaces with a deep transformer decoder WCC Halls A-C · Board DD20 Poster Wed Nov 18 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR363: Visual System: Plasticity Defining the temporal and molecular limits of neural circuit recovery following gene therapy in retinitis pigmentosa WCC Halls A-C · Board CC18

Organization

SfN 2026 Attendance

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

mcw.edu

Universities and research institutes

Private medical school and research institution in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Poster

Sat Nov 14
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR003: Adolescent Development: Animal Models

Sex and age-dependent alterations in cognitive and hedonic processing in a two-hit early-life scarcity and adult chronic stress rat model

WCC Halls A-C · Board M2

Poster

Sat Nov 14
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR006: Intrinsic Excitability: Neuromodulation, Axonal Signaling, Ion Channels, and Computational Models

Computational modeling of cell-type-specific cortical stimulation to suppress pyramidal output in a human layer 5 motor-cortex circuit

WCC Halls A-C · Board T12

Poster

Sat Nov 14
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR010: Alzheimer's Disease: Genetics and Preclinical Models

Functional analysis of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease risk genes in Caenorhabditis elegans identifies regulators of neuronal aging

WCC Halls A-C · Board V22

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session LBP003: C.03. Parkinson’s Disease

SARM1 Links Mitochondrial Stress to Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration Through an ULK1-Associated Pathway in a Rotenone Model of Parkinson’s Disease

WCC Halls A-C · Board C14

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR044: Structural Plasticity and Extracellular Matrix Dynamics

Psychedelic Psilocybin and DOI’s Effect on Nucleus Accumbens Core Structural and Functional Synaptic Plasticity

WCC Halls A-C · Board K5

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR054: Translational Studies and Therapeutic Strategies in Multiple Sclerosis

Targeting neuronal protease-activated receptor 1 confers neuroprotection in models of multiple sclerosis

WCC Halls A-C · Board Y5

Poster

Sun Nov 15
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR117: Decoding Large-Scale Neural Dynamics: Models, States, and Whole-Brain Population Computation

Self-Supervised Pretraining on Intracranial EEG Improves Downstream Semantic Decoding

WCC Halls A-C · Board KK60

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session LBP022: D.04. Brain Injury and Trauma

Cumulative concussion and high head impact exposure sports participation are associated with brain morphometry in former collegiate athletes: A CARE Consortium Study

WCC Halls A-C · Board B17

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR130: Neural-Immune Signaling in Neuropsychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

The Role of Microglial CSF1R Signaling in Stress-Induced MMP-2/9 Activation and Long-Lasting Synaptic Plasticity in the Nucleus Accumbens Core

WCC Halls A-C · Board V4

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR144: Stress-Modulated Pathways: Reward and Motivational Drive Circuits

Sex Differences in the Effects of Chronic Stress, Chronic Corticosterone and Prefrontal Cortical REDD1 Overexpression on Pavlovian Autoshaping Behavior in Rats

WCC Halls A-C · Board DD23

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR152: Neural Substrates of Opioid Seeking

Role of Fkbp5 in Astrocyte Reactivity and Involvement in Opioid-Related Behavior

WCC Halls A-C · Board II27

Poster

Mon Nov 16
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR177: Cellular Stress and Mechanisms of Degeneration

Cholesterol and RGC axonal degeneration in the adult zebrafish visual system: a role in mediating axonal regeneration?

WCC Halls A-C · Board W8

Poster

Mon Nov 16
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR177: Cellular Stress and Mechanisms of Degeneration

Metabolic Syndrome Causes Early Neurodegenerative Alteration in Ossabaw Minipig Retina

WCC Halls A-C · Board W11

Poster

Mon Nov 16
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR197: Hallucinogens: Neural Mechanisms of Action

Effects of psilocybin on cognitive flexibility in rats

WCC Halls A-C · Board HH23

Poster

Wed Nov 18
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR318: Neuroprosthetics: Non-Motor Interfaces

Mapping intracranial EEG to semantic embedding spaces with a deep transformer decoder

WCC Halls A-C · Board DD20

Poster

Wed Nov 18
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR363: Visual System: Plasticity

Defining the temporal and molecular limits of neural circuit recovery following gene therapy in retinitis pigmentosa

WCC Halls A-C · Board CC18

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