Robert Rubin, M.D., Ph.D.
Contact Information
Email
rtrubin@ucla.edu Phone
Cell-phone Number:
310-882-0920
Address
Mailing Address:
Dep't of PsychiatryVA Greater LA Healthcare System
11301 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90073
UNITED STATES
Biography
Robert T. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. As a clinician, Dr. Rubin was board-certified in Psychiatry in 1968. As a neuroscientist, Dr. Rubin received a Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Southern California in 1977, with an emphasis on neuroendocrinology. He has been an active researcher for 45 years.
Publications
A selected list of publications:
Friedlander Arthur H, Rosenbluth Susan C, Rubin Robert T
The adult suicide-prone patient: a review of the medical literature
and implications for oral and maxillofacial surgeons
Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons,
2012; 70(5):
1253-60.
Meyer Hilary B, Katsman Alina, Sones Alexander C, Auerbach Daniel E, Ames Donna, Rubin Robert T
Yoga as an ancillary treatment for neurological and psychiatric
disorders: a review
The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences,
2012; 24(2):
152-64.
Gentile Natalie E, Andrekanic Julie D, Karwoski Tracy E, Czambel R Kenneth, Rubin Robert T, Rhodes Michael E
Sexually diergic hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) responses to
single-dose nicotine, continuous nicotine infusion, and nicotine
withdrawal by mecamylamine in rats
Brain research bulletin,
2011; 85(3-4):
145-52.
Parker Gordon, Fink Max, Shorter Edward, Taylor Michael Alan, Akiskal Hagop, Berrios German, Bolwig Tom, Brown Walter A, Carroll Bernard, Healy David, Klein Donald F, Koukopoulos Athanasios, Michels Robert, Paris Joel, Rubin Robert T, Spitzer Robert, Swartz Conrad
Issues for DSM-5: whither melancholia? The case for its classification
as a distinct mood disorder
The American journal of psychiatry,
2010; 167(7):
745-7.
McKlveen Jessica M, Wilson Jared M, Rubin Robert T, Rhodes Michael E
Sexually diergic, dose-dependent hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
responses to nicotine in a dynamic in vitro perfusion system
Journal of pharmacological and toxicological methods,
2010; 61(3):
311-8.
Carroll Bernard J, Rubin Robert T
Mifepristone in psychotic depression?
Biological psychiatry,
2008; 63(1):
e1; author reply e3.
Deasy Bridget M, Lu Aiping, Tebbets Jessica C, Feduska Joseph M, Schugar Rebecca C, Pollett Jonathan B, Sun Bin, Urish Kenneth L, Gharaibeh Burhan M, Cao Baohong, Rubin Robert T, Huard Johnny
A role for cell sex in stem cell-mediated skeletal muscle
regeneration: female cells have higher muscle regeneration efficiency
The Journal of cell biology,
2007; 177(1):
73-86.
Rubin Robert T, Carroll Bernard J
Claims for mifepristone in neuropsychiatric disorders: commentary on
DeBattista and Belanoff, and Neigh and Nemeroff
Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM,
2006; 17(10):
384-5; author reply 387-9.
Pajer Kathleen, Tabbah Rhonda, Gardner William, Rubin Robert T, Czambel R Kenneth, Wang Yun
Adrenal androgen and gonadal hormone levels in adolescent girls with
conduct disorder
Psychoneuroendocrinology,
2006; 31(10):
1245-56.
Rubin Robert T, Rhodes Michael E, Miller Thomas H, Jakab Robert L, Czambel R Kenneth
Sequence of pituitary-adrenal cortical hormone responses to low-dose
physostigmine administration in young adult women and men
Life sciences,
2006; 79(24):
2260-8.
Rubin Robert T, Miller Thomas H, Rhodes Michael E, Czambel R Kenneth
Adrenal cortical responses to low- and high-dose ACTH(1-24)
administration in major depressives vs. matched controls
Psychiatry research,
2006; 143(1):
43-50.
Rubin Robert T, Miller Thomas H, Rhodes Michael E, Czambel R Kenneth
Growth hormone responses to low-dose physostigmine in elderly vs.
young women and men
Gerontology,
2006; 52(2):
76-84.
Moidel Melissa A, Belz Emily E, Czambel R Kenneth, Rubin Robert T, Rhodes Michael E
Novel in vitro perfusion system for the determination of
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses
Journal of pharmacological and toxicological methods,
2006; 53(3):
264-71.
Ganguli Mary, Rodriguez Eric, Mulsant Benoit, Richards Stephanie, Pandav Rajesh, Bilt Joni Vander, Dodge Hiroko H, Stoehr Gary P, Saxton Judith, Morycz Richard K, Rubin Robert T, Farkas Barry, DeKosky Steven T
Detection and management of cognitive impairment in primary care: The
Steel Valley Seniors Survey
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,
2004; 52(10):
1668-75.
Rhodes Michael E, Kennell Jamilyn S, Belz Emily E, Czambel R Kenneth, Rubin Robert T
Rat estrous cycle influences the sexual diergism of HPA axis
stimulation by nicotine
Brain research bulletin,
2004; 64(3):
205-13.
Belz Emily E, Kennell Jamilyn S, Czambel R Kenneth, Rubin Robert T, Rhodes Michael E
Environmental enrichment lowers stress-responsive hormones in singly
housed male and female rats
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior,
2003; 76(3-4):
481-6.
Rubin Robert T, Rhodes Michael E, Czambel R Kenneth
Plasma leptin suppression by arginine vasopressin in normal women and
men
Life sciences,
2003; 72(11):
1209-20.
Rubin Robert T, Rhodes Michael E, Czambel R Kenneth
Sexual diergism of baseline plasma leptin and leptin suppression by
arginine vasopressin in major depressives and matched controls
Psychiatry research,
2002; 113(3):
255-68.
Rhodes Michael E, Balestreire Elena M, Czambel R Kenneth, Rubin Robert T
Estrous cycle influences on sexual diergism of HPA axis responses to
cholinergic stimulation in rats
Brain research bulletin,
2002; 59(3):
217-25.
Rubin Robert T, Rhodes Michael E, O'Toole Susan, Czambel R Kenneth
Sexual diergism of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal cortical responses to
low-dose physotigmine in elderly vs. young women and men
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology,
2002; 26(5):
672-81.