Neuroscience & Mechanisms at AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

124 sessions on neuroscience & mechanisms · October 26–31, 2026, Atlanta, GA. Compare neuroscience & mechanisms at other meetings →

Monday, October 26

Tuesday, October 27

Wednesday, October 28

Posters (19)

  • Neural Correlates of Food Responsiveness Through Development: Identifying Brain-Based Risk Factors for Eating Disorders — Guilherme Fahur Bottino et al.
  • Understanding Associative Learning and Behavioral Avoidance in Misophonia — Joseph F. McGuire
  • Cortical Thickness and White Matter Surface Morphology in Tourette's Disorder: A Cohort Study — Sahar Delavari
  • Nature and Mental Health: Neurobiological Mechanisms, Clinical Outcomes, and Practical Applications — David F. Wilton et al.
  • Transmembrane Domain Dominance Drives Emergent Signaling and Allosteric Inversion in mGlu1/5 Heterodimers — Justin B. Steinfeld et al.
  • Maternal and Infant Subcortical Volumes: Biomarkers for Pediatric Anxiety — Monica Feliz R. Castillo et al.
  • Baseline Resting-State Brain Network Differences in Pediatric OCD With Treatment-Change Analyses — Jihoon Kimerty et al.
  • Investigation Into the Family History of Misophonia — Salome Alfaro et al.
  • Avoidance Coping and Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescents: Convergence Across Self-Reported, Behavioral, and Neural Indicators — Iseli Irizarry et al.
  • Neurosteroid Pathophysiology of Premenstrual Exacerbation and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: A Review of Estradiol, Progesterone, and Allopregnanolone With Psychopharmacologic Implications — Dalar Shirinian et al.
  • Serious Neuropsychiatric Illness in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Includes Symptoms of Affective Disorder, Psychosis, and Catatonia — Teresa M. Kohlenberg et al.
  • Navigating Uncertainty: A Qualitative Study on the Familial Impact of Confronting Genetic Variants of Uncertain Significance — Nicholas S. Diab et al.
  • Beyond Known Antibodies: Single-Cell RNA Sequencing of C erebrospinal Fluid B Cells in Pediatric Anti- N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Encephalitis — Prakhar Bansal et al.
  • Maternal Childhood Adversity, Perinatal Experiences, and Offspring Oxytocin System in Early Infancy — Sara VanBronkhorst et al.
  • Childhood Trauma Predicts Adult PTSD: Multivariable and Network Analyses — Roxana Jabbarinejad et al.
  • Dissociative Symptoms and Endocannabinoid Dysregulation in Adolescent PTSD — Armin Munir et al.
  • Interpersonal Whole-Brain Model of Care Trauma Support Model: Quantitative EEG Coherence Normalization and a Predictive Processing Framework for Therapeutic Relationship — Holly A. Haynes et al.
  • Glymphatic MRI Markers in Adolescent First-Episode Psychosis — Musa Yilanli et al.
  • Neural Correlates of Maternal Reflective Functioning and Resentment in Dyadic Stress — Anton D. Livshin et al.

Thursday, October 29

Posters (19)

  • Atypical Effective Connectivity Within the Interoception Network in ASD — Jeewook Choi et al.
  • Subclinical EEG Abnormalities in Autism: An Underutilized Precision Medicine Tool to Target Neuroelectric Dysfunction and Improve Functional Outcomes in Children — Muhammad Yusuf et al.
  • Fronto-Cerebellar Structural Correlates of Daily Inhibitory Control in Male Youths With ASD: A Pilot Voxel-Based Morphometry Study — Chun-Yi Lin et al.
  • Quantification of Selenoprotein Levels in Patients With ASD — Sunil Q. Mehta
  • Neuroprogression in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: Longitudinal Impairments in Cognitive and Affective Functioning — Sherin Kurian et al.
  • From Risk Scores to Brain Markers: Enhancing Prediction of Adolescent Depression — Fernanda Rohrsetzer Cunegatto et al.
  • Neurocognitive Mechanisms Linking Adolescent Cannabis Use and Suicidal Behavior — Nadine Michel et al.
  • Depressive Symptom Variability Linked to Disrupted Brain Maturation in Children: A Longitudinal Whole-Brain Dynamics Study — Harim Jeong et al.
  • Video Game Use in Early Adolescence Is Associated With Cognitive Outcomes — Kevin H. Bao et al.
  • Cannabis Use in Adolescence Is Prospectively Associated With Reduced Cortical Thickness — Kevin H. Bao et al.
  • Iron Deficiency Without Anemia in Late Adolescence Is Associated With Reduced Iron Accumulation in Striatal Subregions — Temesgen Bihonegn et al.
  • Hypothalamic Neuron Subtypes Predict Social Motivation and Identify Targets for Social Deficits — Simona Sarafinovska et al.
  • Altered Resting-State Properties of Reward Expectancy and Reward Attainment Networks in Adolescent Cannabis Use and Depression — Tram N. Nguyen et al.
  • Age, Symptom Profile, and Neural Reward Circuit Activity Influence Improvement in Youth Depression With Frontostriatal Neuromodulation: Targeting Early Intervention — Kalyan Tripathy et al.
  • Effects of Stimulant Treatment on Behaviors and Brain Activation Relevant to Substance Use Disorder Risk — Iliyan Ivanov et al.
  • Emerging Role of Neuromelanin-Sensitive MRI Scans in Defining Adolescent Psychiatric Populations — Hollen B. Knoell et al.
  • Neuromelanin and Executive Functioning in Pediatric Populations: Modulating Role of Psychiatric Diagnosis — Hollen B. Knoell et al.
  • White Matter Fractional Anisotropy Moderates Adversity-Related Screen Time in Youth — Kang-Eun Yeo et al.
  • Transient Infection, Lasting Impact: Persistent Brain-Resident Type-I Skewed T Cells and Microglia Mediate Sex-Specific Sensory Deficits After Early-Life Viral Infection — Richard M. Jin et al.

Friday, October 30

Posters (7)

  • Identifying Pediatric ADHD Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy– Based Prefrontal Functional Network Measures — Suin Jung et al.
  • Connectome-Informed Graph Attention Networks for Childhood ADHD Classification and Interpretation — Ankita Saxena et al.
  • Tower of London Outperforms 3 Tasks for Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy– Based ADHD Classification: A Machine Learning Study — Soo-young Bhang
  • Resting-State Functional Connectivity of Frontoparietal and Dorsal Attention Networks as Predictors of Methylphenidate Response in Children and Adolescents With ADHD — Yeeji Sung et al.
  • Characterizing Psychosocial and Physical Environmental Effects on Transdiagnostic Attention Problems — Nia Berrian et al.
  • Reaction Time Variability and Neural Indices of Error Monitoring in Youth With ADHD and OCD — Gregory L. Hanna
  • Predicting Risk of Depression in Publicly Funded Youth in the NIH ABCD Study — Tracy Luks et al.

Saturday, October 31

Posters (3)

  • Amygdala Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Adolescent Depression With Suicidal Ideation — Kyung Hwa Lee et al.
  • Remotely Delivered Mind-Body Intervention Alters the Relationship Between Cerebral Blood Flow and Emotional Functioning in Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial — David Quezada et al.
  • Neural Moderation of the Link Between Value-Based Learning and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Adolescent Females: A Computational Approach — Spencer Burris-Brown et al.

Other topics at this meeting

Child & Adolescent 1361Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders 272Diverse & Underserved Populations 231Practice, Policy & Workforce 171Psychotherapy 166Education & Training 156Digital Psychiatry & AI 149Measurement-Based Care & Diagnosis 145ADHD 135PTSD & Trauma 114Suicide & Self-Harm 110Collaborative & Integrated Care 102

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