Here is a representative selection of the more than 160 master theses completed to date. The research areas and titles provide some indication of the wide range of neuroscience topics pursued by our students.
Master thesis
| Area | Institute | Supervisor(s) | Title | Year |
| Medical Neuroscience | FME | Prof. Kirches, Prof. Mawrin | Potential role of micro-RNA 145 for the tumorigenicity of meningioma cells | 2011 |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | LIN | Dr. Brechmann, Prof. Pollmann | Neural Processing of Pitch Variations in Speech and Music | 2011 |
| Neural Development | FNW | Prof. Söllner, Prof. Bock | Functional role of Opticin interactions in vertebrate nervous system development | 2011 |
| Medical Neuroscience | FME | Prof. Mawrin, Prov. Kirches | Expression of mitochondrial iron proteins in a cell culture model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | 2011 |
| Molecular Biology | FME | Prof. Fisher, Dr. Tedford | Analysis of the Microglia Cytoskeleton: Roles of Vav Rho GEFs | 2012 |
| Sensory Neurophysiology | LIN | Prof. Heil, Prof. König | The dependence of auditory stimulus detectability on the phase of EEG delta waves | 2012 |
| Cellular Neurobiology | LIN / FNW | Prof. Bock, Prof. Thomas | Relevance of balanced expression of scaffold molecules at glutamatergic neuromuscular junctions in Drosophila | 2013 |
| Neurogenetics | FME / FNW | Dr. Zenker, Prof. Stork | Identification of New Genes Underlying Disorders of Brain Development and Intellectual Disability | 2012 |
| Cellular Neurophysiology | LIN | Prof. Heine, Prof. Thomas | Mobility analysis of the low-voltage-activated T-type calcium channel Cav 3.2 in dorsal root ganglion neurons | 2014 |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | FME | Dr. Richardson-Klavehn, Dr. Kzilirmak | The impact of self-solved Mooney images and the aha effect for immediately rated insights on memory encoding. | 2014 |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | LIN | Prof. König, Dr. Deliano | The Effect of Repeated and Random Stimulus Presentation in an Oddball Paradigm: An MEG Study | 2015 |
| Neurology | DZNE / FME | Prof. Nestor, Dr. Bittner | A Feasibility Study of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Treat Language Fluency Impairment in Primary Progressive Aphasia Related to Alzheimer´s Disease | 2014 |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | LIN | Prof. Hopf | On the influence of task-difficulty on global color-based attention: Evidence from electromagnetic brain recordings in the human | 2014 |
| Cellular neurophysiology | DZNE | Prof. Dityatev, Dr. Song | Role of extracellular matrix (ECM) in regulation of hippocampal CA2 function | 2015 |
| Cognitive Science | FME | Dr. Richardson-Klavehn, Prof. Schönfeld | The effects of brief mindfulness meditation on solving insight problems | 2014 |
| Medical Neuroscience | FME | Dr. Zähle,Dr. Kopitzki | Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson’s disease - evaluating the effect of electrode location on neuropsychological outcome | 2015 |
| Computational Neuroscience | FME | Prof. Voigt, Prof. Herzog | Short-term plasticity effects in developing and developed neocortical networks: A parametric study using a computational model based on MEA cell culture experimental data. | 2015 |
| Neurophysiology | LIN & FME | Prof. Ohl, Prof. Fendt | Functional consequences of optogenetic interference with the locus coeruleus and the ventral tegmental area in mice | 2014 |
| Cellular neurobiology | DZNE | Prof. Dityatev, Dr. Song | Effects of herbal extract from Rhodiola rosea on CA1 pyramidal cell excitability, synaptic transmission and plasticity | 2016 |
| Neurophysiology | LIN | Prof. Ohl, Dr. Woldeit | Functional and physiological connectivity between the auditory and orbitofrontal cortex in the Mongolian gerbil during audiory switch learning | 2016 |
| Computational Neuroscience | LIN | Prof. König, Dr. May | Analytical Solutions of an Anatomically-Based Computational Model of Auditory Cortex | 2016 |
| Neurobiology | FME | Prof. Fendt | Reciprocal activation of DA D1- and NMDA- receptors in the nucleus accumbens in rats blocks the acquisition of relief-learning | 2015 |
| Molecular biology | FME & LIN | Dr. Dunay, Dr. Smalla | Synaptic proteome changes induced by chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection | 2015 |
| Neural development | FME & Karolinska Stockholm | Dr. Dunay, Prof. Rochellys | Impact of the indigenous gut microbiota on brain development and behavior - Implications for neurodevelopmental disorders | 2016 |
| MR Imaging | FNW | Prof. Speck, Dr. Poznansky | Reducing Slab's Combination Artifacts in Multi-Slab Ultra-High Resolution Diffusion Tensor Imaging | 2017 |
| Molecular Biology | LIN & UKE Hamburg | Prof. Gundelfinger, Prof. Friese | Mechanistic insights into Protein bassoon up regulation upon CNS inflammation | 2017 |
| Neurobiology | FME & IBIO | Prof. Bock, Prof. Fendt | Early life stress in mice incluses sex dependent alterations in the dopaminergic system mediated by epigenetic mechanisms | 2017 |
| Neurobiology | LIN | Dr. Schleyer, Prof. Gerber | The effect of learnt behaviour on larval Drosophila chemotaxis | 2017 |