West Virginia University at SfN 2026

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

West Virginia University brings 23 presentations to SfN 2026 in Washington. Its SfN 2026 presentations centre on zinc signaling, stress and reproductive health, and neural circuits involved in addiction and sensory processing. One thread examines how light at night affects fentanyl seeking and extinction in female mice.

Organization	SfN 2026 Attendance
West Virginia University Morgantown, WV
wvu.edu Universities and research institutes Public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, with programs in neuroscience, engineering and human performance.	Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR043: Neurotransmitter Transport and Degradation The Discovery and Refinement of Small Molecule Compounds that can act as ZIP12 Agonists and Antagonists WCC Halls A-C · Board J2 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR044: Structural Plasticity and Extracellular Matrix Dynamics Aβ reshapes synaptic nano-Architecture to drive spine-specific vulnerability and compensation via ephrin-B3 signaling WCC Halls A-C · Board L5 Poster Sun Nov 15 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR096: Temporal, Spectral, and Frequency Processing in Central Auditory Systems ZnT3 deletion from GABAergic neurons - consequences for context dependent auditory processing in mice WCC Halls A-C · Board X23 Poster Sun Nov 15 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR100: Neuroprosthetics: Control of Computer, Devices, and Body Parts I Hidden computational structure in musculoskeletal dynamics WCC Halls A-C · Board AA19 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR138: BMI Neurophysiology: Implanted Electrodes and Other Direct Interactions With Neurons Improved Reactive Accelerated Aging Station with Electrochemical Closed Loop Control WCC Halls A-C · Board Z12 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR143: Early-Life Stress: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Vitamin d deficiency alters maternal outcomes and produces sex-specific impacts on offspring temporal discrimination WCC Halls A-C · Board DD12 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR143: Early-Life Stress: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Interaction of stress during puberty with later adulthood pregnancy on extracellular vesicle small RNA expression in mice WCC Halls A-C · Board DD13 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR143: Early-Life Stress: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Early life stress alters the behavioral, physiological, and molecular risk for peripartum dysfunction following adult gestational stress WCC Halls A-C · Board DD14 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR151: Neural and Behavioral Mechanisms of Opioid Seeking, Withdrawal, and Relapse Light at night exposure influences fentanyl seeking behavior and impairs extinction in female mice WCC Halls A-C · Board HH24 Talk Mon Nov 16 10:45–11am Part of Session NANO19: Neural and Molecular Mechanisms of Addictive Drugs Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Rapidly Modulates Neuronal and Oligodendrocyte-Associated Signaling Networks in the Nucleus Accumbens WCC Rm 143 Poster Mon Nov 16 1–5pm Part of Session LBP035: E.02. Somatosensation Structural Basis for the Stronger, Earlier and Faster Thalamocortical Activation of Inhibitory vs Excitatory Cells in Mouse Barrel Cortex WCC Halls A-C · Board B52 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session LBP051: B.10. Neuro-Oncology Small Molecule Antagonist of ZIP12 Reduces Zinc Uptake and Cell Proliferation in Glioblastoma WCC Halls A-C · Board C66 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR214: Pre- and Postsynaptic Modulation The Roles of Endogenous Zinc in GABAergic Neurotransmission in the Mouse Auditory Cortex WCC Halls A-C · Board K8 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR232: Cerebellum: Cells, Circuits, and Representations The Distribution of Estrogen Receptors in the Adult Rabbit Cerebellar Cortex WCC Halls A-C · Board DD11 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR234: Motor Planning and Execution in Humans: Behavior, Neurophysiology, and Imaging Beyond Adult Scaling: Growth-Adjusted Musculoskeletal Models for Infant Movement Analysis WCC Halls A-C · Board EE22 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR242: Genetic, Translational, and Clinical Studies of Addiction Neural Correlates of Cognitive State Induction During a Smoking-Focused rTMS Intervention WCC Halls A-C · Board JJ11 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR279: Plasticity and Regulation of Sleep and Sleep Deprivation Developmental emergence of sleep-dependent synaptic regulation WCC Halls A-C · Board GG9 Talk Tue Nov 17 2:30–2:45pm Part of Session NANO34: The Maternal Brain: Plasticity in Brain and Behavior Across the Reproductive Lifespan Early life stress impacts the risk for peripartum affective dysfunction from genes to behavior WCC Rm 144 Poster Wed Nov 18 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR299: Ligand-Gated Receptors and Ion Channels AMPA receptor maturation in the mouse auditory cortex is supported by synaptic zinc WCC Halls A-C · Board M2 Poster Wed Nov 18 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR316: Sensorimotor Transformation: Behavior and Neuroprocessing Concurrent, yet independent, ontogenetic change in zebrafish visual behaviors WCC Halls A-C · Board CC11 Talk Wed Nov 18 1:45–2pm Part of Session NANO49: Neuroprosthetics: Non-Motor Interfaces Stimulation stability and intraoperative evaluation of the Auditory Nerve Implant WCC Rm 145 Talk Wed Nov 18 3:45–4pm Part of Session NANO49: Neuroprosthetics: Non-Motor Interfaces A predictive CPG-like control to improve locomotor coordination during walking with a powered knee prosthesis WCC Rm 145 Talk Wed Nov 18 4–4:15pm Part of Session NANO49: Neuroprosthetics: Non-Motor Interfaces Modulating neuromuscular control using localized vibration of multiple muscles to improve stability during standing and locomotion WCC Rm 145

Organization

SfN 2026 Attendance

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

wvu.edu

Universities and research institutes

Public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, with programs in neuroscience, engineering and human performance.

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR043: Neurotransmitter Transport and Degradation

The Discovery and Refinement of Small Molecule Compounds that can act as ZIP12 Agonists and Antagonists

WCC Halls A-C · Board J2

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR044: Structural Plasticity and Extracellular Matrix Dynamics

Aβ reshapes synaptic nano-Architecture to drive spine-specific vulnerability and compensation via ephrin-B3 signaling

WCC Halls A-C · Board L5

Poster

Sun Nov 15
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR096: Temporal, Spectral, and Frequency Processing in Central Auditory Systems

ZnT3 deletion from GABAergic neurons - consequences for context dependent auditory processing in mice

WCC Halls A-C · Board X23

Poster

Sun Nov 15
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR100: Neuroprosthetics: Control of Computer, Devices, and Body Parts I

Hidden computational structure in musculoskeletal dynamics

WCC Halls A-C · Board AA19

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR138: BMI Neurophysiology: Implanted Electrodes and Other Direct Interactions With Neurons

Improved Reactive Accelerated Aging Station with Electrochemical Closed Loop Control

WCC Halls A-C · Board Z12

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR143: Early-Life Stress: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms

Vitamin d deficiency alters maternal outcomes and produces sex-specific impacts on offspring temporal discrimination

WCC Halls A-C · Board DD12

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR143: Early-Life Stress: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms

Interaction of stress during puberty with later adulthood pregnancy on extracellular vesicle small RNA expression in mice

WCC Halls A-C · Board DD13

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR143: Early-Life Stress: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms

Early life stress alters the behavioral, physiological, and molecular risk for peripartum dysfunction following adult gestational stress

WCC Halls A-C · Board DD14

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

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

Light at night exposure influences fentanyl seeking behavior and impairs extinction in female mice

WCC Halls A-C · Board HH24

Talk

Mon Nov 16
10:45–11am

Part of Session NANO19: Neural and Molecular Mechanisms of Addictive Drugs

Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Rapidly Modulates Neuronal and Oligodendrocyte-Associated Signaling Networks in the Nucleus Accumbens

WCC Rm 143

Poster

Mon Nov 16
1–5pm

Part of Session LBP035: E.02. Somatosensation

Structural Basis for the Stronger, Earlier and Faster Thalamocortical Activation of Inhibitory vs Excitatory Cells in Mouse Barrel Cortex

WCC Halls A-C · Board B52

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session LBP051: B.10. Neuro-Oncology

Small Molecule Antagonist of ZIP12 Reduces Zinc Uptake and Cell Proliferation in Glioblastoma

WCC Halls A-C · Board C66

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR214: Pre- and Postsynaptic Modulation

The Roles of Endogenous Zinc in GABAergic Neurotransmission in the Mouse Auditory Cortex

WCC Halls A-C · Board K8

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR232: Cerebellum: Cells, Circuits, and Representations

The Distribution of Estrogen Receptors in the Adult Rabbit Cerebellar Cortex

WCC Halls A-C · Board DD11

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR234: Motor Planning and Execution in Humans: Behavior, Neurophysiology, and Imaging

Beyond Adult Scaling: Growth-Adjusted Musculoskeletal Models for Infant Movement Analysis

WCC Halls A-C · Board EE22

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR242: Genetic, Translational, and Clinical Studies of Addiction

Neural Correlates of Cognitive State Induction During a Smoking-Focused rTMS Intervention

WCC Halls A-C · Board JJ11

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

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

Developmental emergence of sleep-dependent synaptic regulation

WCC Halls A-C · Board GG9

Talk

Tue Nov 17
2:30–2:45pm

Part of Session NANO34: The Maternal Brain: Plasticity in Brain and Behavior Across the Reproductive Lifespan

Early life stress impacts the risk for peripartum affective dysfunction from genes to behavior

WCC Rm 144

Poster

Wed Nov 18
8am–noon

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

AMPA receptor maturation in the mouse auditory cortex is supported by synaptic zinc

WCC Halls A-C · Board M2

Poster

Wed Nov 18
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR316: Sensorimotor Transformation: Behavior and Neuroprocessing

Concurrent, yet independent, ontogenetic change in zebrafish visual behaviors

WCC Halls A-C · Board CC11

Talk

Wed Nov 18
1:45–2pm

Part of Session NANO49: Neuroprosthetics: Non-Motor Interfaces

Stimulation stability and intraoperative evaluation of the Auditory Nerve Implant

WCC Rm 145

Talk

Wed Nov 18
3:45–4pm

Part of Session NANO49: Neuroprosthetics: Non-Motor Interfaces

A predictive CPG-like control to improve locomotor coordination during walking with a powered knee prosthesis

WCC Rm 145

Talk

Wed Nov 18
4–4:15pm

Part of Session NANO49: Neuroprosthetics: Non-Motor Interfaces

Modulating neuromuscular control using localized vibration of multiple muscles to improve stability during standing and locomotion

WCC Rm 145

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