As you have asked about some Neuroscience Research topics for your academic presentation in college, I am mentioning some of them, check below for the details

Autism, epilepsy & schizophrenia
Non-Invasive Optogenetic Engineering of Cortical Dynamics

BL-OG: Selective, minimally invasive and activity dependent self-regulation of thalamic bursting
Mapping and Restoring Synaptic Connectivity in Brain Disorders
Dissecting microglial function in neuroinflammation by mapping nitric oxide in real time in the living brain
Synthetic nanoparticles for gene editing in the brain in utero

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Functional characterization of genes associated with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Huntington’s disease, OCD, Parkinson’s disease
Optogenetic dissection of the striatal subcircuits during action sequence learning

BOINCing PTEN-associated neural circuit pathology
Specificity and defects of neuronal circuitry in health and disease: Growth cone proteomes and RNA
Unravel the Neuronal Pathways Underlying Anesthesia-Induced Loss of Consciousness

Neuron Replacement: Improved Cognitive Function
How receptive is the adult neocortex to incorporating new projection neurons?

Autism, schizophrenia
Activity-induced adaptations in the molecular machines that control neurotransmitter release