Virginia Tech at SfN 2026

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

Virginia Tech brings 45 presentations to SfN 2026 in Washington. Its SfN 2026 presentations centre on brain disorders, neural signaling, and emotion and behavior. One thread examines how mild traumatic brain injury relates to lasting loss of dopamine and norepinephrine neurons and Lewy body-like pathology.

Organization	SfN 2026 Attendance
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
vt.edu Universities and research institutes Public research university in Blacksburg; recruits for its neuroscience PhD program.	At the Graduate School Fair, table 18A · Virginia Tech Neuroscience PhD Program Poster Sat Nov 14 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR007: Network Interactions: Other Reciprocal interactions between CA1 pyramidal and axo-axonic cells control sharp wave-ripple events WCC Halls A-C · Board T32 Poster Sat Nov 14 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR025: Emotional Processing in the Human Brain The Neuronal Roadmap to Emotion: Neural and Autonomic Coupling Underlying Emotion Dimensions in Resting-State fMRI WCC Halls A-C · Board DD10 Poster Sat Nov 14 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR028: Cognitive and Behavioral Consequences of Alcohol Exposure The role of 15-lipoxygenase in a mouse model of alcohol use disorder WCC Halls A-C · Board FF12 Poster Sat Nov 14 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR039: Gene, Protein, or Cell Based Approaches Identification of a high-affinity receptor for CART II neuropeptide WCC Halls A-C · Board LL3 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session LBP003: C.03. Parkinson’s Disease Mild traumatic brain injury results in the chronic loss of dopaminergic and norepinephrine neurons while exacerbating Lewy Body-like Pathology in the entorhinal cortex and basolateral amygdala WCC Halls A-C · Board C8 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session LBP003: C.03. Parkinson’s Disease Disrupted dopamine signaling and metabolic signatures in cortical projection neurons and interneurons in two models of Parkinson’s Disease Risk WCC Halls A-C · Board C21 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR048: Neural Mechanisms of Aging Higher cost, but adaptive: age-related compensation in locus coeruleus-salience network coupling during distraction WCC Halls A-C · Board T17 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR048: Neural Mechanisms of Aging Emotional word processing elicits age- and valence-specific patterns of neurotransmitter release in the ventral intermediate nucleus of the human thalamus WCC Halls A-C · Board U6 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR050: Synaptic Alterations in Alzheimer's Disease Investigating the role of dendritic mitochondria in CA2-specific Alzheimer’s disease pathology WCC Halls A-C · Board V17 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR056: Pain: Peripheral Mechanisms The effects of nicotine treatment and neuropathic injury on the subcellular and surface behavior of the⍺6 nicotinic receptor subunit in the mouse dorsal root ganglia WCC Halls A-C · Board Z15 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR057: Somatosensation: Thalamic and Cortical Processing Motor activation magnitude, rather than the arm activated, determines sensorimotor gating during bimanual tactile stimulation WCC Halls A-C · Board AA17 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR067: Functional Imaging and Brain Connectivity Food for Thought: Habitual Dietary Patterns and Gray Matter Volume in Adults WCC Halls A-C · Board FF20 Talk Sun Nov 15 10:15–10:30am Part of Session NANO07: Glial Mechanisms of Synaptic and Circuit Function Distinct RTN astrocyte subpopulations are differentially affected by MeCP2 deficiency WCC Rm 144 Poster Sun Nov 15 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR118: Electrical Intracellular recording and modulation enabled by CMOS electrode array WCC Halls A-C · Board LL14 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session LBP022: D.04. Brain Injury and Trauma Chronic stress shapes behavioral and astrocytic response to blast traumatic brain injury WCC Halls A-C · Board B2 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session LBP022: D.04. Brain Injury and Trauma Social isolation associates with global reductions in cerebral blood flow WCC Halls A-C · Board B3 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session LBP022: D.04. Brain Injury and Trauma Preclinical rodent model of mild traumatic brain injury results in acute upregulation of neuroinflammatory pathways with chronic dopaminergic neurodegeneration in both sexes WCC Halls A-C · Board B10 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR124: Oligodendrocytes Development Human Milk-derived Exosomes Affect Murine Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cell Function In Vitro WCC Halls A-C · Board R1 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR157: Neural and Behavioral Mechanisms of Choice in Humans Grid-like codes scaffold the construction of complex conceptual knowledge from simpler relational structures WCC Halls A-C · Board KK58 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR159: Electrophysiology Techniques I A 32-Channel Flexible Fiber-Based Neural Probe with PCB-Based Backend Connection for Electrophysiological Recording WCC Halls A-C · Board LL62 Poster Mon Nov 16 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR163: Transcriptional and Epigenetic Regulation of Neurogenesis Investigating roles of the transferrin receptor in human cortical neurogenesis WCC Halls A-C · Board D7 Poster Mon Nov 16 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR166: Other Ion Channels Multimodal Sensory Neurons in Fly Larvae WCC Halls A-C · Board H5 Poster Mon Nov 16 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR166: Other Ion Channels Identifying the Thermosensory Structural Mechanisms of GR28B.D in fruit flies WCC Halls A-C · Board H6 Poster Mon Nov 16 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR207: Computational Methods for Experimental Neuroscience A flexible multi-region depth probe resolves selective CA3→amygdala gamma collapse at seizure onset in mice WCC Halls A-C · Board LL93 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session LBP048: B.07. Network Interactions PDOpE Probe Reveals That Local Hippocampal Excitation Augments Norepinephrine Release During Context-Evoked Locus Coeruleus Activity WCC Halls A-C · Board C4 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR216: Astrocytes: Signaling, Synaptic Regulation, and Circuit Function Astrocyte-targeted Kalium channelrhodopsin activation modulates hippocampal CA1 neuronal activity in vivo WCC Halls A-C · Board O3 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR216: Astrocytes: Signaling, Synaptic Regulation, and Circuit Function Astrocytic-enriched TrkBT1 modulates acute behavioral and hippocampal network responses to subanesthetic Ketamine WCC Halls A-C · Board O5 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR216: Astrocytes: Signaling, Synaptic Regulation, and Circuit Function CD38 deficiency alters gliovascular homeostasis in the substantia nigra through astrocyte endfoot-associated molecular changes WCC Halls A-C · Board P4 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR258: Epilepsy Mechanisms: Channels, Synapses, Interneurons, and Developmental Dysfunction Medial ganglionic eminence-derived interneuron dysfunction drives seizures in a mouse model of KCNT1 developmental and epileptic encephalopathy WCC Halls A-C · Board T6 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR294: Data Analysis and Statistics: Human Data II Effects of Echo Time and Multi-Echo Processing on Resting-State Network Decoding: Implications for Negative BOLD Activity WCC Halls A-C · Board MM13 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR295: Ultrasound Neuromodulation Evaluation of low-intensity focused ultrasound neuromodulation of the anterior midcingulate cortex in patients with chronic pain WCC Halls A-C · Board MM36 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR295: Ultrasound Neuromodulation Relating Simulated Intracranial Pressure to Low-intensity Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation Effects on Pain Perception WCC Halls A-C · Board MM37 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR295: Ultrasound Neuromodulation Human low-intensity focused ultrasound of anxiety and fear circuitry: target engagement and connectivity for threat responding WCC Halls A-C · Board MM38 Talk Tue Nov 17 2–2:15pm Part of Session NANO35: From Neurons to Narratives: Multimodal Approaches to Human Affect Parent Internalizing Shapes the Link Between Parent-Child Latent Brain-State Similarity and Child Recent Negative Affect WCC Rm 146C Poster Wed Nov 18 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR296: Glial Development Leigh syndrome mouse model with impaired Complex I activity displays postnatal defects in neuro/oligogenesis and white matter development WCC Halls A-C · Board D10 Poster Wed Nov 18 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR298: Schizophrenia Genetics, Pathophysiology, and Mechanisms Cerebellar morphology changes in a mouse model for the neurodevelopmental disorder-associated 3q29 deletion WCC Halls A-C · Board G3 Poster Wed Nov 18 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR299: Ligand-Gated Receptors and Ion Channels Corticothalamic NMDAR signaling shapes excitability in sensory thalamic networks WCC Halls A-C · Board K3 Poster Wed Nov 18 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR311: Brain Injury: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Converging mechanisms of injury: blast neurotrauma alters VEEV-associated neuropathology WCC Halls A-C · Board Z20 Poster Wed Nov 18 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR323: Neurobiology of Fear and Avoidance Learning and Memory II Reductions in the monoubiquitination of histone H2B in the retrosplenial cortex are a critical regulator of fear memory formation WCC Halls A-C · Board GG17 Poster Wed Nov 18 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR323: Neurobiology of Fear and Avoidance Learning and Memory II Asymptomatic infection with La Crosse Virus or Jamestown Canyon Virus leads to lasting reductions in motivation and exploratory behavior in mice WCC Halls A-C · Board GG18 Poster Wed Nov 18 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR323: Neurobiology of Fear and Avoidance Learning and Memory II Protein SUMOylation in the retrosplenial cortex is involved in fear memory formation in a sex-dependent manner WCC Halls A-C · Board GG19 Poster Wed Nov 18 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR330: Decision Making: Neural Mechanisms of Adaptive and Maladaptive Choice Neural mechanisms for selective credit assignment and generalization in structured reward learning WCC Halls A-C · Board KK35 Poster Wed Nov 18 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR330: Decision Making: Neural Mechanisms of Adaptive and Maladaptive Choice A prefrontal neural pathway for adaptive sleep interruption WCC Halls A-C · Board KK44 Poster Wed Nov 18 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR342: Pre- and Perinatal Impacts on Neurodevelopment Characterizing Infant Feeding Contexts to Predict Early Structural Neurodevelopment WCC Halls A-C · Board F2 Talk Wed Nov 18 3:50–4:25pm Part of Session SYM15: Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation: Biophysical Mechanisms, Neural Effects, and Clinical Translation Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation Across Scales: From Mechanisms to Circuits to Translation WCC Rm 146AB

Organization

SfN 2026 Attendance

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

vt.edu

Universities and research institutes

Public research university in Blacksburg; recruits for its neuroscience PhD program.

At the Graduate School Fair, table 18A · Virginia Tech Neuroscience PhD Program

Poster

Sat Nov 14
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR007: Network Interactions: Other

Reciprocal interactions between CA1 pyramidal and axo-axonic cells control sharp wave-ripple events

WCC Halls A-C · Board T32

Poster

Sat Nov 14
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR025: Emotional Processing in the Human Brain

The Neuronal Roadmap to Emotion: Neural and Autonomic Coupling Underlying Emotion Dimensions in Resting-State fMRI

WCC Halls A-C · Board DD10

Poster

Sat Nov 14
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR028: Cognitive and Behavioral Consequences of Alcohol Exposure

The role of 15-lipoxygenase in a mouse model of alcohol use disorder

WCC Halls A-C · Board FF12

Poster

Sat Nov 14
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR039: Gene, Protein, or Cell Based Approaches

Identification of a high-affinity receptor for CART II neuropeptide

WCC Halls A-C · Board LL3

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

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

Mild traumatic brain injury results in the chronic loss of dopaminergic and norepinephrine neurons while exacerbating Lewy Body-like Pathology in the entorhinal cortex and basolateral amygdala

WCC Halls A-C · Board C8

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

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

Disrupted dopamine signaling and metabolic signatures in cortical projection neurons and interneurons in two models of Parkinson’s Disease Risk

WCC Halls A-C · Board C21

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR048: Neural Mechanisms of Aging

Higher cost, but adaptive: age-related compensation in locus coeruleus-salience network coupling during distraction

WCC Halls A-C · Board T17

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR048: Neural Mechanisms of Aging

Emotional word processing elicits age- and valence-specific patterns of neurotransmitter release in the ventral intermediate nucleus of the human thalamus

WCC Halls A-C · Board U6

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

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

Investigating the role of dendritic mitochondria in CA2-specific Alzheimer’s disease pathology

WCC Halls A-C · Board V17

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR056: Pain: Peripheral Mechanisms

The effects of nicotine treatment and neuropathic injury on the subcellular and surface behavior of the⍺6 nicotinic receptor subunit in the mouse dorsal root ganglia

WCC Halls A-C · Board Z15

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR057: Somatosensation: Thalamic and Cortical Processing

Motor activation magnitude, rather than the arm activated, determines sensorimotor gating during bimanual tactile stimulation

WCC Halls A-C · Board AA17

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR067: Functional Imaging and Brain Connectivity

Food for Thought: Habitual Dietary Patterns and Gray Matter Volume in Adults

WCC Halls A-C · Board FF20

Talk

Sun Nov 15
10:15–10:30am

Part of Session NANO07: Glial Mechanisms of Synaptic and Circuit Function

Distinct RTN astrocyte subpopulations are differentially affected by MeCP2 deficiency

WCC Rm 144

Poster

Sun Nov 15
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR118: Electrical

Intracellular recording and modulation enabled by CMOS electrode array

WCC Halls A-C · Board LL14

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

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

Chronic stress shapes behavioral and astrocytic response to blast traumatic brain injury

WCC Halls A-C · Board B2

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

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

Social isolation associates with global reductions in cerebral blood flow

WCC Halls A-C · Board B3

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

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

Preclinical rodent model of mild traumatic brain injury results in acute upregulation of neuroinflammatory pathways with chronic dopaminergic neurodegeneration in both sexes

WCC Halls A-C · Board B10

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR124: Oligodendrocytes Development

Human Milk-derived Exosomes Affect Murine Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cell Function In Vitro

WCC Halls A-C · Board R1

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR157: Neural and Behavioral Mechanisms of Choice in Humans

Grid-like codes scaffold the construction of complex conceptual knowledge from simpler relational structures

WCC Halls A-C · Board KK58

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR159: Electrophysiology Techniques I

A 32-Channel Flexible Fiber-Based Neural Probe with PCB-Based Backend Connection for Electrophysiological Recording

WCC Halls A-C · Board LL62

Poster

Mon Nov 16
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR163: Transcriptional and Epigenetic Regulation of Neurogenesis

Investigating roles of the transferrin receptor in human cortical neurogenesis

WCC Halls A-C · Board D7

Poster

Mon Nov 16
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR166: Other Ion Channels

Multimodal Sensory Neurons in Fly Larvae

WCC Halls A-C · Board H5

Poster

Mon Nov 16
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR166: Other Ion Channels

Identifying the Thermosensory Structural Mechanisms of GR28B.D in fruit flies

WCC Halls A-C · Board H6

Poster

Mon Nov 16
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR207: Computational Methods for Experimental Neuroscience

A flexible multi-region depth probe resolves selective CA3→amygdala gamma collapse at seizure onset in mice

WCC Halls A-C · Board LL93

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session LBP048: B.07. Network Interactions

PDOpE Probe Reveals That Local Hippocampal Excitation Augments Norepinephrine Release During Context-Evoked Locus Coeruleus Activity

WCC Halls A-C · Board C4

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR216: Astrocytes: Signaling, Synaptic Regulation, and Circuit Function

Astrocyte-targeted Kalium channelrhodopsin activation modulates hippocampal CA1 neuronal activity in vivo

WCC Halls A-C · Board O3

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR216: Astrocytes: Signaling, Synaptic Regulation, and Circuit Function

Astrocytic-enriched TrkBT1 modulates acute behavioral and hippocampal network responses to subanesthetic Ketamine

WCC Halls A-C · Board O5

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR216: Astrocytes: Signaling, Synaptic Regulation, and Circuit Function

CD38 deficiency alters gliovascular homeostasis in the substantia nigra through astrocyte endfoot-associated molecular changes

WCC Halls A-C · Board P4

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

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

Medial ganglionic eminence-derived interneuron dysfunction drives seizures in a mouse model of KCNT1 developmental and epileptic encephalopathy

WCC Halls A-C · Board T6

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR294: Data Analysis and Statistics: Human Data II

Effects of Echo Time and Multi-Echo Processing on Resting-State Network Decoding: Implications for Negative BOLD Activity

WCC Halls A-C · Board MM13

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR295: Ultrasound Neuromodulation

Evaluation of low-intensity focused ultrasound neuromodulation of the anterior midcingulate cortex in patients with chronic pain

WCC Halls A-C · Board MM36

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR295: Ultrasound Neuromodulation

Relating Simulated Intracranial Pressure to Low-intensity Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation Effects on Pain Perception

WCC Halls A-C · Board MM37

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR295: Ultrasound Neuromodulation

Human low-intensity focused ultrasound of anxiety and fear circuitry: target engagement and connectivity for threat responding

WCC Halls A-C · Board MM38

Talk

Tue Nov 17
2–2:15pm

Part of Session NANO35: From Neurons to Narratives: Multimodal Approaches to Human Affect

Parent Internalizing Shapes the Link Between Parent-Child Latent Brain-State Similarity and Child Recent Negative Affect

WCC Rm 146C

Poster

Wed Nov 18
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR296: Glial Development

Leigh syndrome mouse model with impaired Complex I activity displays postnatal defects in neuro/oligogenesis and white matter development

WCC Halls A-C · Board D10

Poster

Wed Nov 18
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR298: Schizophrenia Genetics, Pathophysiology, and Mechanisms

Cerebellar morphology changes in a mouse model for the neurodevelopmental disorder-associated 3q29 deletion

WCC Halls A-C · Board G3

Poster

Wed Nov 18
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR299: Ligand-Gated Receptors and Ion Channels

Corticothalamic NMDAR signaling shapes excitability in sensory thalamic networks

WCC Halls A-C · Board K3

Poster

Wed Nov 18
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR311: Brain Injury: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms

Converging mechanisms of injury: blast neurotrauma alters VEEV-associated neuropathology

WCC Halls A-C · Board Z20

Poster

Wed Nov 18
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR323: Neurobiology of Fear and Avoidance Learning and Memory II

Reductions in the monoubiquitination of histone H2B in the retrosplenial cortex are a critical regulator of fear memory formation

WCC Halls A-C · Board GG17

Poster

Wed Nov 18
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR323: Neurobiology of Fear and Avoidance Learning and Memory II

Asymptomatic infection with La Crosse Virus or Jamestown Canyon Virus leads to lasting reductions in motivation and exploratory behavior in mice

WCC Halls A-C · Board GG18

Poster

Wed Nov 18
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR323: Neurobiology of Fear and Avoidance Learning and Memory II

Protein SUMOylation in the retrosplenial cortex is involved in fear memory formation in a sex-dependent manner

WCC Halls A-C · Board GG19

Poster

Wed Nov 18
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR330: Decision Making: Neural Mechanisms of Adaptive and Maladaptive Choice

Neural mechanisms for selective credit assignment and generalization in structured reward learning

WCC Halls A-C · Board KK35

Poster

Wed Nov 18
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR330: Decision Making: Neural Mechanisms of Adaptive and Maladaptive Choice

A prefrontal neural pathway for adaptive sleep interruption

WCC Halls A-C · Board KK44

Poster

Wed Nov 18
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR342: Pre- and Perinatal Impacts on Neurodevelopment

Characterizing Infant Feeding Contexts to Predict Early Structural Neurodevelopment

WCC Halls A-C · Board F2

Talk

Wed Nov 18
3:50–4:25pm

Part of Session SYM15: Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation: Biophysical Mechanisms, Neural Effects, and Clinical Translation

Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation Across Scales: From Mechanisms to Circuits to Translation

WCC Rm 146AB

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