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James E. Olson, Ph.D.
 

Cornell University - 1972 - B.S. Engineering Physics

University of California, Berkeley - 1978 - Ph.D. Biophysics

email: james.olson@wright.edu

 

Mechanisms of brain adaptation to edema, Cellular volume regulation,
Membrane channel activation during apoptosis, Blood-brain barrier water transport
 

Professor of Emergency Medicine , Wright State University School of Medicine

Professor of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology , Wright State University School of Medicine

Graduate Faculty Member of Biomedical Sciences Program
 

Articles on our research and teaching:

Wright State University's Vital Signs magazine.  (Click here for the entire issue)

Article in Dayton Medicine.

Kettering Medical Center's Neuroscience Directions.  (Click here for the entire issue)

Society for Neuroscience Quarterly Newsletter (See article on bottom of page - Click here for the entire issue)

American College of Emergency Medicine - ACEP News.

A two-minute summary of one of our research projects, "The Talking RVD Blues", was performed at the
2006 Wright State University Central Research Forum as part of the Data Blitz.
(Video courtesy of Melissa Bautista)
Then we took it on the road to San Diego.  Hear "The Talking RVD Blues" performed at the
Society for Neuroscience Music Social in 2008.
(Video courtesy of Dominic D'Agostino)

Lab Photo, July 2008

Staff
Left to right: Robert Spokane (Visiting Scientist), Jim Olson (Research Laboratory Director), Amanda Reese (M.D./Ph.D. Graduate Student), Brian Tucker (Masters Student), James Leasure (Research Assistant), Mike Kent (Visiting Scientist), Nancy Andrews (Research Secretary), Guang-ze Li (Research Associate), Ian Wenker (Masters Student)


 Click here to see lab photos from previous years.


Current Funding:

Emergency Medicine Foundation - Medical Student Grant, Mechanisms of Regulation of the Neuronal Taurine Transporter.

Wright State University Basic Science Seed Grant, Neuronal and Glial Volume Regulation in the Hippocampus During Oxidative Stress.


Scientific and Medical Publications (2001-2007):

Stepaniak, Phillip C., Hamilton, Glenn C., Olson, James E., Gilmore, Stevan M., Stizza, Denis M., and Beck, Bradley.  Physiologic effects of simulated +Gx orbital reentry in primate models of hemorrhagic shock.  Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine,  78(4 Suppl.):A14-A25, 2007.

Olson, James E. and Eduardo Martinho Jr.  Regulation of taurine transport in rat hippocampal neurons by hypoosmotic swelling.  Journal of Neurochemistry, 96:1375-1389, 2006.

Olson, James E. and Kreisman, Norman R.  Volume regulation in the hippocampus.  In: Cell Volume Regulation and Cellular Signaling.  P. Lauf and N. Adragna (eds.) New York: Kluwer Plenum, pp. 331-338, 2005.

Li, Guangze and Olson, James E.  Cell volume modifies an ATP-sensitive anion conductance in cultured hippocampal astrocytes. In: Cell Volume Regulation and Cellular Signaling.  P. Lauf and N. Adragna (eds.) New York: Kluwer Plenum, pp. 405-406, 2005.

Muehlberger, Patrick M.; Pilmanis, Andrew A.; Webb, James T.; and Olson, James E.  Altitude decompression sickness symptom resolution during descent to ground level.  Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 75(6):496-499, 2004.

Olson, James E.; Li, Guangze; Wang, Ling; and Lu, Luo.  Volume regulated anion conductance in cultured rat cerebral astrocytes requires calmodulin activity.  Glia, 46(4):391-401, 2004.

Li, Guangze and Olson, James E.  Extracellular ATP activates chloride and taurine conductanes in cultured hippocampal neurons. Neurochemical Research, 29(1):239-246, 2004.

Kreisman, Norman R. and Olson, James E.  Taurine enhances volume regulation in osmotically swollen hippocampal slices, Neuroscience, 120(3):635-642, 2003.

Olson, James E.; Kreisman, Norman R.; Lim, Jenny; Hoffman, Beth; Schelble, Dana; and Leasure, James. Taurine and cellular volume regulation in the hippocampus, In: Taurine 5. B. Lombardini, S. Schaffer; and J. Azuma (eds.) New York: Kluwer Plenum, pp. 107-114, 2003.

Li, Guang-ze; Liu, Yin; and Olson, James E. Calcium/calmodulin-modulated chloride and taurine conductances in cultured rat astrocytes, Brain Research, 925, 1-8, 2002.

Xu, Dashong; Wang, Ling; Olson, James E.; and Lu, Luo. Asymmetrical response of p38 kinase activation to volume changes in primary rat astrocytes, Experimental Biology and Medicine, 226, 927-933, 2001.

Mulkey, Daniel K; Henderson, Richard A. III; Olson, James E.; Putnam, W. Robert; and Dean, B. Jay. Oxygen measurements in brainstem slices exposed to normobaric hyperoxia and hyperbaric oxygen. Journal of Applied Physiology, 90, 1887-1899, 2001.

Chellis, Mary; Olson, James E.; Augustine, James; and Hamilton, Glenn C. Evaluation of missed diagnoses for patients admitted from the emergency department. Academic Emergency Medicine, 8, 125-130, 2001.

Published Artistic and Reflective Collaborations:

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. Longevity had its place and I'm concerned about that now.  Academic Emergency Medicine, in press.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. Thoughts from my visit to Salvatore Vicario.  Academic Emergency Medicine, 15(7):648, 2008.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. At the time of my need, father returns the favor.  Academic Emergency Medicine, 15(1):31, 2008.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. Can I ever be forgiven?  Academic Emergency Medicine, 14(12):1198-1199, 2007.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. Please excuse Jonny, he has prostate cancer.  Academic Emergency Medicine, 14(10):912-913, 2007.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. The collective inefficiencies of cubicles and curtains.  Academic Emergency Medicine, 14 (7):615, 2007.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. Predicting certainty in spite of evidence to the contrary.  Academic Emergency Medicine, 14(2):162, 2007.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan.  At the discharge counter.  Academic Emergency Medicine, 14(1):73, 2007.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. Diagnostic crayoning while awaiting our ED's healing art.  Academic Emergency Medicine, 13(12)1354, 2006.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan.  Justice before your peers.  Academic Emergency Medicine, 13(10):1019, 2006.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan.  Scientific assemblies ordain convention.  Annals of Emergency Medicine, 48(3):337, 2006.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan.  Servicing the petite summer menu.  Academic Emergency Medicine, 13(9):930, 2006.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan.  Scholastic sharecropping.  Academic Emergency Medicine, 13(3):263, 2006.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan.  How fertile is an RRC-EM visit?  Academic Emergency Medicine, 12(7):628, 2005.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan.  Do not be stranded by signals not perfectly understood.  Annals of Emergency Medicine, 45(5):559, 2005.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan.  A shift where the keel plowed air.  Academic Emergency Medicine, 12(3):196, 2005

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan.  Of shoes and codes and sealing bags.  Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(12):1372, 2004.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan.  The artistry of attending in the ED.  Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(10):1066, 2004.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan.  One ancient's path to the graveyard.  Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(10):1013, 2004.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan.  Admonishment for the expert witness.  Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(5):618, 2004.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan.  Keeping a precious moment between the pages.  Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(5):434, 2004.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan.  Oh drunken doctor, what did ya' do?  Acdemic Emergency Medicine, 11(5):432, 2004.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan.  Field of study for the retired chair.  Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(3):306, 2004.

Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan.  Can we free our professors?  Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(2):161, 2004.