Education
Ph.D., Biophysics: University of California, Berkeley
Fellowship,
Neurology/Neurochemistry: Stanford University
Research Interests
Mechanisms of brain edema, cellular volume regulation, membrane channel activation during apoptosis, blood-brain barrier water transport.
Active Grants
American Heart Association - Ohio Affiliate, 0655594b, Mechanisms of Neuronal Volume Regulation During Oxidative Stress.
Wallace Kettering Neuroscience Institute, Brain Imaging Using Nanoparticles.
Wright State University Basic Science Seed Grant, Neuronal and Glial Volume Regulation in the Hippocampus During Oxidative Stress.
Selected Bibliography
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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 profiles in hemorrhagic shock modeled primates. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine,78: 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.
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.
Artistic and Reflective Contributions
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 I. Scholastic sharecropping. Academic Emergency Medicine, 13(3):263, 2006.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan I. Do not be stranded by signals not perfectly understood. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 45(5):559, 2005.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan I. A shift where the keel plowed air. Academic Emergency Medicine, 12(3):196, 2005.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan I. How fertile is an RRC-EM visit? Academic Emergency Medicine, 12(7):628, 2005.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan I. Can we free our professors? Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(2):161, 2004.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan I. Field of study for the retired chair. Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(3):306, 2004.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan I. Oh drunken doctor, what did ya' do? Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(5):432, 2004.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan I. Keeping a precious moment between the pages. Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(5):434, 2004.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan I. Admonishment for the expert witness. Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(5):618, 2004.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan I. One ancient's path to the graveyard. Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(10):1013, 2004.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan I. The artistry of attending in the ED. Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(10):1066, 2004.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. Of shoes and codes and sealing bags. Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(12):1372, 2004.
Awards and Other Professional Activities
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Research committee 2002-2007, chair 2004-2007.
American College of Emergency Physicians, Scientific Research Committee 2002-present.
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, Program Committee 2007-present.
Best Oral Presentation, 16th Annual Society for Neuroscience Midwest Regional Meeting, 2006.
Member, National Institutes of Health: Brain Disorders and Clinical Neuroscience Study Sections, 2001 – present.
Member, National Institutes of Health: Developmental and Cellular Neuroscience Fellowship Grants Study Section, 1999.
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California Dean’s Post-doctoral Fellowship, 1980–1981.
Personal Interests
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