Consciousness

Von Economo neurons/ Intelligence?

Neurobiology of music

Neuroplasticity

Neural back firing

Aging

Nootropic drugs

Glia signalling

Neurorobotics/prosthetics

Brain imaging technology uses and limitations/ fMRI, EEG ect…

Brain training?

The brain and meditation

The neurobiological basis of focused  attention

What is the function of the default network

Dissociation

Mirror neurons

Neural coding ( eg of motor cortex)

Microtubules

Some Possible Second Presentation Topic Choices

Ion channels

Myelin

Comparative neural anatomy

Staining and other visualization techniques

Variations from the model neuron

Neuropeptide neurotransmitters

Glial cells and neural communication

Techniques of electrophysiology

The PNS/enteric nervous system

The brain stem

Cerebellum

Thalamic organization and function

Hypothalamus

Innervation and function of the Pituitary gland

Studies of the Pineal gland

The basal ganglia (Motor circuits of the brain)

Motor diseases of the brain

Von economo neurons

The anterior cingulate cortex

The primary auditory cortex

The olfactory nerve