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 |
| Psychology | FNW / MPI | Prof. Ullsperger, Prof. Villringer | Identifying neuro-cognitive-physiological factors that moderate anxiety and depression: a behavioural pilot study | 2026 |
| Neuroinflammation | FME | Prof. Dunay, Prof. Kröger | Neuronal effects of plasma-derived extracellular vesicles from ulcerative colitis patients: an in-vitro study | 2026 |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | DZNE | Dr. Segen, Prof. Wolbers | Age-related changes in the vestibular system: implications for balance, cognition, and spatial orientation | 2025 |
| Neural Circuits | FME / LIN | Dr. Pakan, Dr. Karpova | Neurodegeneration in a mouse model of thiamine deficiency: a comparative analysis of behavioral and cellular correlates | 2025 |
| Neromodelling | FNW / LIN | Prof. Braun, Prof. Remy | Assessing locus coeruleus pathology via transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation-evoked pupil response | 2025 |
| Neuroinflammation | FME | Prof. Dunay, Prof. Bruder | Immune cell dynamics and microglia characterization in a rodent model of ulcerative colitis | 2024 |
| Molecular Neurobiology | FNW / FME | Dr. Caliskan, Prof. Albrecht | Modulation of hippocampal engram dynamics by early life stress | 2024 |
| Sensory Physiology | FNW | Prof. Krug, Prof. Braun | Perceptual hysteresis for a 3D structure-form-motion figure | 2024 |
| Neuroimaging | DZNE / FME | Dr. Maaß, Prof. Schreiber | Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging BOLD signal fluctuations in the Alzheimer´s disease spectrum | 2023 |
| Sensory Physiology | FNW / Oxford University | Prof. Krug, Prof. Bridge | Segregated divisions of macaque lateral intraparietal cortex (CLIP) revealed by post-mortem diffusion-weighted imaging (CDWI) and tractography | 2023 |
| Neurogenetics | LIN | Prof. Gerber, Dr. König | Molecular determinants of punishment and relief learning in drosophila melanogaster | 2023 |
| Molecular Neurobiology | FNW | Prof. Stork, Dr. Caliskan | Brain-wide interrogation of neuronal activity during recall of background contextual fear memory: spotlight on pattern completion | 2022 |
| Neuroimaging | FME / DZNE | Dr. Ziegler, Dr. Maaß | Model-based classification of aging and Alzheimer´s disease with generative embedding | 2022 |
| Neurobiology | LIN | Dr. Bauer Mikulovic, Prof. Sauvage | Quantitative and qualitative analysis of medial septum input to the dorsal and ventral hippocampus | 2022 |
| Neuropathology | FME / FNW | Prof. Mawrin, Prof. Stork | Establishment and chareacterization of meningioma cell models with MAP4K3 and RagC knockout | 2021 |
| Neuroimaging | DZNE | Dr. Maaß, Prof. Düzel | Functional activation alterations in medial temporal lobe and precuneus in older adults at risk of developing Alzheimers’ desease | 2021 |
| Neurogenetics | LIN | Dr. König-Bethke, Prof. Gerber | A pharmacological approach for studying dopaminergic mechanisms of punishment and relief learning in adult drosophila melanogaster | 2021 |
| Neuroinflammation | FME | Prof. Dunay, Dr. Bruder | Characterization of cerebral immune cell subsets in female and male mice upon toxoplasma gondii infection | 2020 |
| Developmental Neurobiology | FNW / FME | Prof. Bock, Prof. Fendt | Effects of early life stress and social isolation on behavioural phenotypes in adult male and female mice | 2020 |
| Neurology | FME / LIN | Dr. Sweeney-Reed, Dr. Reichert | The influence of transcranial electrical stimulation on electrophysiological correlates of working memory | 2020 |
| Molecular Neurobiology | FNW | Dr. Caliskan, Prof. Stork | Dopaminergic modulation of circuit excitability and plasticity in the lateral amygdala | 2019 |
| Neuroinflammation | FME | Prof. Dunay, Dr. Schreiber | Characterization of monocytes in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis | 2019 |
| Developmental Neurobiology | FNW / FME | Prof. Bock, Prof. Fendt | Analysis of DPA-methylation of the oxytocin receptor promoter in mice after early life stress (ELS) | 2019 |
| Molecular Neurobiology | FNW | Prof. Stork, Mr. Demiray, MSc. | Spatiotemporal control of Ndr2 serine/threonine kinase to investigate its effect on downstream pathway in NIH3T3 cells | 2018 |
| Systems Neurophysiology | LIN | Dr. Happel, Prof. Ohl | Comparison of tone-evoked current source density distributions in the auditory cortex of anesthetizized and awake Mongolian gerbils | 2018 |
| Synapse Function | LIN | Dr. Thomas, Prof. Seidenbecher | Isoform diversity and PMCA-dependent expression of Basigin at glutamatergic neuromuscular junctions in drosophila) | 2018 |
| 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 |
| MR Imaging | FNW | Prof. Speck, Dr. Pozansky | Reducing Slab´s Combination Artifacts in Multi-Slab Ultra-High Resolution Diffusion Tensor Imaging | 2017 |
| Neural Development | FME / Karolinska Institute Stockholm | Dr. Dunay, Prof. Rochellys | Impact of the indegenous gut microbiota on brain development and behavior - Implications for neurodevelopmental disorder | 2016 |
| Computational Neuroscience | LIN | Prof. König, Dr. May | Analytical Solutions of an Anatomically-Based Computational Model of Auditory Cortex | 2016 |
| Cellular Neurobiology | DZNE | Prof. Dityatev, Dr. Song | Effects of herbal extract from Rhodiola rosea on CA1 pyramidal cell excitability, synaptic transmission and plasticity | 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 |
| 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 |
| Cellular Neurophysiology | DZNE | Prof. Dityatev, Dr. Song | Role of extracellular matrix (ECM) in regulation of hippocampal CA2 function | 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 |
| 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 | LIN | Prof. Heine, Prof. Thomas | Mobility analysis on the low-voltage T-type calcium channel Cav 3.2 in dorsal root ganglion neurons | 2014 |
| Cellular Neurobiology | LIN / FNW | Prof. Bock, Prof. Thomas | Relevance of balanced expression of scaffold molecules at glutamatic 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 |
| Sensory Neurophysiology | LIN | Prof. Heil, Prof. König | The dependence of auditory stimulus detectability on the phase of EEG delta waves | 2012 |
| Molecular Biology | FME | Prof. Fisher, Dr. Tedford | Analysis of the Microglia Cytoskeleton: Roles of Vav Rho GEF´s | 2012 |
| Neural Development | FNW | Prof. Söllner, Prof. Bock | Functional role of Option interactions in vertebrate nervous system development | 2011 |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | LIN / FNW | Dr. Brechmann, Prof. Pollmann | Neural Processing of Pitch Variations in Speech and Music | 2011 |
| Medical Neuroscience | FME | Prof. Kirches, Prof. Mawrin | Potential role of micro-RNA 145 for the tumorigenicity of meningioma cells | 2011 |