Mikel Olson

Title: Associate Professor
Department: Psychology
Phone: (218) 299-3253
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Degrees and Education:

  • Ph.D. (2006) Washington State University
  • M.A. (2003) Washington State University
  • B.S. (1999) Northwestern College

Research / Teaching Interests:

  • Physiological Psychology/Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Formation
  • Hippocampal Involvement in Spatial Memory Formation
  • Psychopharmacology of the Brain Renin Angiotensin System

Recent Publications

  • Olson, M.L. (2011).  Practical experience with age-related dementia: Implementation and outcomes of a semester-long service learning project in neuropsychology.  Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 10(1): A58-A64.
  • Olson, M. L. & Cero, I. J.* (2010).  Intrahippocampal norleucine1-angiotensin IV mitigates scopolamine-induced spatial working memory deficits. Peptides, Dec; 31(12) 2209-15.
  • Olson, M. L., Meighan, P.C., Brown, T.E., Asay, A. L., Benoist, C.C., Harding, J. W., Wright, J. W. (2008). Hippocampal MMP-3 activation is associated with passive avoidance conditioning. Regulatory Peptides 146: 19-25.
  • Olson, M. L., Olson, E. A., Qualls, J. H.*, Stratton, J. J.*, Harding, J. W., Wright, J. W. (2004). Norleucine(1)-Angiotensin IV alleviates mecamylamine-induced spatial memory deficits. Peptides 25(2): 233-41.
  • Wright, J.W., Olson, M.L. and Harding, J.W. The role of the brain angiotensin system in learning, memory, and neural plasticity. In Trends in Learning Research, Editor: Samuel N. Hogan, 2006, pp. 1-39.