Mikel Olson

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

• 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.
• Meighan, S.M., Meighan, P. C., Choudhury, P., Olson, M. L., Davis, C. J., Wright, J. W., Harding, J. W. (2006). Effect of extracellular matrix degrading proteases MMP-3 and MMP–9 on spatial learning and synaptic plasticity. Journal of Neurochemistry 96(5): 1227-41.
• Wright, J.W., Meighan, S.E., Murphy, E.S., Holtfreter, K.L., Davis, C.J., Olson, M.L., Benoist, C.C., Muhunthan, K., Harding, J.W. (2006). Habituation of the head-shake response induces changes in brain matrix metalloproteinases-3 and -9. Behavioral Brain Research 174(1): 78-85.
• 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.