Salk Institute for Biological Studies at SfN 2026

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

Salk Institute for Biological Studies brings 16 presentations to SfN 2026 in Washington. Its SfN 2026 presentations centre on social behavior and emotional state, sensory and motor circuits, and changes linked to aging and disease. One thread examines how the cerebellar nuclei refine forelimb movements.

Organization	SfN 2026 Attendance
Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, CA
salk.edu Universities and research institutes Independent biomedical research institute in La Jolla, California.	Lecture Sat Nov 14 10am–noon Part of Session LEC01: Dialogues Between Neuroscience and Society: Cosmology, the Brain, and Thinking Outside the Box Panelist WCC Hall D Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR050: Synaptic Alterations in Alzheimer's Disease Delivery of astrocyte secreted Chrdl1 to target synapse loss in Alzheimer's disease WCC Halls A-C · Board V22 Talk Sun Nov 15 2:45–3pm Part of Session NANO13: Pain and Itch Activity-dependent degeneration of spinal circuits drives somatosensory dysfunction in aging and peripheral neuropathy WCC Rm 143 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR147: Neural Circuits of Emotion: Amygdala, Prefrontal, and Socio-Affective Systems Social isolation duration orchestrates mPFC population dynamics and valence encoding in a sex-specific manner WCC Halls A-C · Board FF14 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR147: Neural Circuits of Emotion: Amygdala, Prefrontal, and Socio-Affective Systems Stress reverts the effects of VTA dopamine on social behavior in female mice WCC Halls A-C · Board FF15 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR147: Neural Circuits of Emotion: Amygdala, Prefrontal, and Socio-Affective Systems Internal state shifts valence biases while maintaining population differences in basolateral amygdala projection circuits WCC Halls A-C · Board FF16 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR147: Neural Circuits of Emotion: Amygdala, Prefrontal, and Socio-Affective Systems Bonded by Adversity: Neural and Endocrine Signatures of Stress-Induced Partner Preferences WCC Halls A-C · Board FF19 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR147: Neural Circuits of Emotion: Amygdala, Prefrontal, and Socio-Affective Systems Lateral hypothalamus encodes social and spatial state to drive perception-to-action transformations during competitive hunting WCC Halls A-C · Board FF22 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR151: Neural and Behavioral Mechanisms of Opioid Seeking, Withdrawal, and Relapse Opposing opioid actions in the brainstem dissociate analgesia and seeking WCC Halls A-C · Board II3 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session LBP065: F.04. Voluntary Movements Manifold Dimensional Expansion Recovers Cortical Functional Networks Underlying Naturalistic Behavior WCC Halls A-C · Board B61 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session LBP067: F.06. Posture and Gait Lifelong home-cage behavioral fingerprints detect pre-symptomatic ALS disease signature in SOD1 G93A mice WCC Halls A-C · Board C48 Talk Wed Nov 18 9:30am–noon Part of Session MIN31: Conserved and Divergent Principles of Limb Control Across Species Chair WCC Rm 150 Talk Wed Nov 18 9:35–9:58am Part of Session MIN31: Conserved and Divergent Principles of Limb Control Across Species Imitating Learning of Mouse Forelimb Reaching Dynamics using Musculoskeletal Modeling WCC Rm 150 Talk Wed Nov 18 11:30–11:53am Part of Session MIN31: Conserved and Divergent Principles of Limb Control Across Species High-dimensional control of individual forelimb muscles underlies dexterous forelimb movements WCC Rm 150 Poster Wed Nov 18 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR365: Cerebellum: Sensorimotor, Behavior, and Learning Refinement of forelimb movements by the cerebellar nuclei WCC Halls A-C · Board DD28 Poster Wed Nov 18 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR367: Mechanisms and Circuits of Social and Aggresive Behaviors Investigating the role of basomedial amygdala neurons in social approach and anxiety WCC Halls A-C · Board FF25

Organization

SfN 2026 Attendance

Salk Institute for Biological Studies

La Jolla, CA

salk.edu

Universities and research institutes

Independent biomedical research institute in La Jolla, California.

Lecture

Sat Nov 14
10am–noon

Part of Session LEC01: Dialogues Between Neuroscience and Society: Cosmology, the Brain, and Thinking Outside the Box

Panelist

WCC Hall D

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR050: Synaptic Alterations in Alzheimer's Disease

Delivery of astrocyte secreted Chrdl1 to target synapse loss in Alzheimer's disease

WCC Halls A-C · Board V22

Talk

Sun Nov 15
2:45–3pm

Part of Session NANO13: Pain and Itch

Activity-dependent degeneration of spinal circuits drives somatosensory dysfunction in aging and peripheral neuropathy

WCC Rm 143

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR147: Neural Circuits of Emotion: Amygdala, Prefrontal, and Socio-Affective Systems

Social isolation duration orchestrates mPFC population dynamics and valence encoding in a sex-specific manner

WCC Halls A-C · Board FF14

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR147: Neural Circuits of Emotion: Amygdala, Prefrontal, and Socio-Affective Systems

Stress reverts the effects of VTA dopamine on social behavior in female mice

WCC Halls A-C · Board FF15

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR147: Neural Circuits of Emotion: Amygdala, Prefrontal, and Socio-Affective Systems

Internal state shifts valence biases while maintaining population differences in basolateral amygdala projection circuits

WCC Halls A-C · Board FF16

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR147: Neural Circuits of Emotion: Amygdala, Prefrontal, and Socio-Affective Systems

Bonded by Adversity: Neural and Endocrine Signatures of Stress-Induced Partner Preferences

WCC Halls A-C · Board FF19

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR147: Neural Circuits of Emotion: Amygdala, Prefrontal, and Socio-Affective Systems

Lateral hypothalamus encodes social and spatial state to drive perception-to-action transformations during competitive hunting

WCC Halls A-C · Board FF22

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR151: Neural and Behavioral Mechanisms of Opioid Seeking, Withdrawal, and Relapse

Opposing opioid actions in the brainstem dissociate analgesia and seeking

WCC Halls A-C · Board II3

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

Part of Session LBP065: F.04. Voluntary Movements

Manifold Dimensional Expansion Recovers Cortical Functional Networks Underlying Naturalistic Behavior

WCC Halls A-C · Board B61

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

Part of Session LBP067: F.06. Posture and Gait

Lifelong home-cage behavioral fingerprints detect pre-symptomatic ALS disease signature in SOD1 G93A mice

WCC Halls A-C · Board C48

Talk

Wed Nov 18
9:30am–noon

Part of Session MIN31: Conserved and Divergent Principles of Limb Control Across Species

Chair

WCC Rm 150

Talk

Wed Nov 18
9:35–9:58am

Part of Session MIN31: Conserved and Divergent Principles of Limb Control Across Species

Imitating Learning of Mouse Forelimb Reaching Dynamics using Musculoskeletal Modeling

WCC Rm 150

Talk

Wed Nov 18
11:30–11:53am

Part of Session MIN31: Conserved and Divergent Principles of Limb Control Across Species

High-dimensional control of individual forelimb muscles underlies dexterous forelimb movements

WCC Rm 150

Poster

Wed Nov 18
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR365: Cerebellum: Sensorimotor, Behavior, and Learning

Refinement of forelimb movements by the cerebellar nuclei

WCC Halls A-C · Board DD28

Poster

Wed Nov 18
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR367: Mechanisms and Circuits of Social and Aggresive Behaviors

Investigating the role of basomedial amygdala neurons in social approach and anxiety

WCC Halls A-C · Board FF25

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