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HONOURS PROJECTS
The list of projects below is not exhaustive. Many supervisors will have projects that are not listed and most supervisors will be happy to discuss the feasibility of undertaking projects that originate from students' own ideas. The first step in deciding where and with whom you want to do your honours research, involves making an appointment to talk with the individual staff members and having a full and open discussion of the science. Only then can you decide on a project that you find interesting and feasible. An important rule of thumb is to undertake a project that you think you will enjoy. Note that some of these projects may already be spoken for. Formal application to enrol in honours MUST be done through the Neuroscience Program honours co-ordinator (Professor Alan Harvey) and NOT through the individual schools participating in the program. |
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2008 PROJECTS |
SUPERVISORS |
| Effects of
Cannabinoid agonists on PPI in patients with
Schizophrenia |
A/Prof Mathew Martin-Iverson, School of Medicine and
Pharmacology |
| Overseas (Canada) honours project
on cannabinoid heterodimers in rat cognition |
A/Prof Mathew Martin-Iverson, School of Medicine and
Pharmacology and Prof Richard J Beninger, Queen's
University, Canada |
| Effects of
d-amphetamine on PPI in healthy volunteers |
A/Prof Mathew Martin-Iverson and Dr Kyle Dyer,
School of Medicine and Pharmacology |
| Effects of d-amphetamine on
emotional modulation of the startle reflex in healthy
volunteers |
A/Prof Mathew Martin-Iverson and Dr Kyle Dyer,
School of Medicine and Pharmacology |
| Cannabinoid and
stress interactions in Schizophrenia |
A/Prof Mathew Martin-Iverson, School of Medicine and
Pharmacology |
| Medicinal uses of Ecstasy
(MDMA) |
A/Prof Mathew Martin-Iverson, School of Medicine and
Pharmacology |
| Axonal transport
following partial optic nerve injury in a model of
secondary degeneration: the effects of lomerizine |
Dr Lindy Fitzgerald, Professor Sarah Dunlop, School
of Animal Biology |
| Cortical control of voluntary
movement |
Professsor Geoff Hammond ,School of
Psychology |
| The Neural Basis
of Phantom Sounds (Tinnitus) |
Professor Don Robertson and Dr Helmy Mulders, School
of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical
Sciences |
| Mapping connections of an efferent
control system in the auditory nervous system |
Dr Helmy Mulders and Professor Don Robertson, School
of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical
Sciences |
| Binaural effects
on responses of auditory midbrain neurons |
Professor Don Robertson and Dr Helmy Mulders, School
of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical
Sciences |
| Regulation of cochlear function by
ATP receptors |
Professor Don Robertson, School of Biomedical,
Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences |
| Effects of
partial hearing loss on the brain’s control of inner
ear function |
Professor Don Robertson and Dr Helmy Mulders, School
of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical
Sciences |
| Axon regeneration induced by
genetically modified Schwann cells |
Prof Alan Harvey, Dr Giles W. Plant, Dr. Marc J.
Ruitenberg, Red’s Spinal Cord Research Laboratory,
School of Anatomy and Human Biology |
| Carbonyl
scavenging agents and their effects in neuronal viability
and axonal growth after exposure to Acrolein or carbonyl
stress |
Dr Giles Plant and Dr Philip Burcham Anatomy and
Human Biology and School of Medicine &
Pharmacology |
| The use of anti –angiogenic
peptides such as ang001 and their role in spinal cord
injury recovery |
Dr Giles Plant, Dr Stuart Hodgetts and Dr
Dharmarajan Anatomy and Human Biology |
| The role of
neurotrophins, cAMP or ATP agonists on the formation of
myelin in central glia |
Dr Giles Plant and Dr Alan Harvey Anatomy and Human
Biology |
| Organisation of corticotectal
projections in ephrin-A-/- mice |
Dr Jenny Rodger, School of Animal Biology and Prof
Alan Harvey, Anatomy and Human Biology |
| RGC dendritic
morphology in ephrin-A-/- mice |
Dr Jenny Rodger, School of Animal Biology and Prof
Alan Harvey, Anatomy and Human Biology |
| Neurogenesis in CX3CR1 deficient mice |
Dr Marc Ruitenberg, School of Animal Biology and Prof
Alan Harvey, Anatomy and Human Biology |
| Microglia turnover in neurogenic areas of the nervous system |
Dr Marc Ruitenberg, School of Animal Biology and Prof
Alan Harvey, Anatomy and Human Biology |
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