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2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
66
Citations
16789
World Ranking
2996
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Marcelo Rubinstein is affiliated with the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Neuroscience. Their research spans across multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their main research topics cover receptor mechanisms and signaling, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, regulation of appetite and obesity, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, adipose tissue and metabolism, memory and neural mechanisms, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Marcelo Rubinstein are:

  • Cerebellar dopamine D2 receptors regulate social behaviors, 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • Functional and molecular heterogeneity of D2R neurons along dorsal ventral axis in the striatum, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Hypothalamic Pomc expression restricted to GABAergic neurons suppresses Npy overexpression and restores food intake in obese mice, 2020, Molecular Metabolism
  • Functional and pharmacological role of the dopamine D4 receptor and its polymorphic variants, 2022, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • The transcriptional regulator PRDM12 is critical for Pomc expression in the mouse hypothalamus and controlling food intake, adiposity, and body weight, 2020, Molecular Metabolism

Frequent co-authors working with Marcelo Rubinstein include:

  • Malcolm J. Low
  • Lucía F. Franchini
  • Daniela Rojo
  • Emma Puighermanal
  • Laia Castell

The venues where Marcelo Rubinstein has often published include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Metabolism
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • Nature Neuroscience

Marcelo Rubinstein was recognized as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Leptin activates anorexigenic POMC neurons through a neural network in the arcuate nucleus

    Michael A. Cowley;James L. Smart;Marcelo Rubinstein;Marcelo G. Cerdán

  • Mice lacking dopamine D4 receptors are supersensitive to ethanol, cocaine, and methamphetamine

    Marcelo Rubinstein;Tamara J. Phillips;Tamara J. Phillips;James R. Bunzow;Tomás L. Falzone

  • Activation of central melanocortin pathways by fenfluramine

    Lora K. Heisler;Michael A. Cowley;Laurence H. Tecott;Wei Fan

  • Locomotor Activity in D2 Dopamine Receptor-Deficient Mice Is Determined by Gene Dosage, Genetic Background, and Developmental Adaptations

    Michele A. Kelly;Marcelo Rubinstein;Tamara J. Phillips;Christina N. Lessov

  • Pituitary Lactotroph Hyperplasia and Chronic Hyperprolactinemia in Dopamine D2 Receptor-Deficient Mice

    Michele A Kelly;Marcelo Rubinstein;Sylvia L Asa;Ge Zhang

  • Hypothalamic Proopiomelanocortin Neurons Are Glucose Responsive and Express KATP Channels

    Nurhadi Ibrahim;Martha A. Bosch;James L. Smart;Jian Qiu

  • Cocaine supersensitivity and enhanced motivation for reward in mice lacking dopamine D2 autoreceptors

    Estefanía P Bello;Yolanda Mateo;Diego M Gelman;Daniela Noaín

  • Absence of opioid stress-induced analgesia in mice lacking beta-endorphin by site-directed mutagenesis.

    M Rubinstein;J S Mogil;M Japón;E C Chan

  • In situ hybridization analysis of anterior pituitary hormone gene expression during fetal mouse development.

    M A Japón;M Rubinstein;M J Low

  • Alcohol preference and sensitivity are markedly reduced in mice lacking dopamine D2 receptors

    Tamara Phillips;Kelly J. Brown;Sue Burkhart-Kasch;Charlotte D. Wenger;Charlotte D. Wenger

  • Dopamine D2 Receptor‐Deficient Mice Exhibit Decreased Dopamine Transporter Function but No Changes in Dopamine Release in Dorsal Striatum

    Shelly D. Dickinson;Jilla Sabeti;Gaynor A. Larson;Karen Giardina

  • The role of the D2 dopamine receptor (D2R) in A2A adenosine receptor (A2AR)-mediated behavioral and cellular responses as revealed by A2A and D2 receptor knockout mice

    Jiang Fan Chen;Rosario Moratalla;Francesco Impagnatiello;David K. Grandy

  • A transgenic marker for newly born granule cells in dentate gyrus.

    Linda S. Overstreet;Shane T. Hentges;Viviana F. Bumaschny;Flavio S. J. de Souza

  • Facilitated glutamatergic transmission in the striatum of D2 dopamine receptor-deficient mice.

    C. Cepeda;R. S. Hurst;K. L. Altemus;J. Flores-Hernández

  • The Dopamine D2, but not D3 or D4, Receptor Subtype is Essential for the Disruption of Prepulse Inhibition Produced by Amphetamine in Mice

    Rebecca J. Ralph;Geoffrey B. Varty;Michele A. Kelly;Yan Min Wang

  • An astroglia-linked dopamine D2-receptor action in prefrontal cortex.

    Zafar U. Khan;Peter Koulen;Marcelo Rubinstein;David K. Grandy

  • Exaptation of transposable elements into novel cis-regulatory elements: is the evidence always strong?

    Flávio S.J. de Souza;Lucía F. Franchini;Marcelo Rubinstein

  • Central Serotonin and Melanocortin Pathways Regulating Energy Homeostasis

    Lora K. Heisler;Michael A. Cowley;Toshiro Kishi;Laurence H. Tecott

  • Dopamine Regulation of Lateral Inhibition between Striatal Neurons Gates the Stimulant Actions of Cocaine.

    Lauren K K. Dobbs;Alanna R R. Kaplan;Julia C C. Lemos;Aya Matsui

  • Disruption of the dopamine d2 receptor impairs insulin secretion and causes glucose intolerance.

    Isabel García-Tornadú;Ana M Ornstein;Astrid Chamson-Reig;Michael B Wheeler

  • A Role for the Endogenous Opioid β-Endorphin in Energy Homeostasis

    Suzanne M. Appleyard;Michael Hayward;Juan I. Young;Andrew A. Butler

  • Ethanol-conditioned place preference is reduced in dopamine D2 receptor-deficient mice.

    Christopher L. Cunningham;MacKenzie A. Howard;Sylvia J. Gill;Marcelo Rubinstein

Frequent Co-Authors

David K. Grandy
David K. Grandy Oregon Health & Science University
Oscar S. Gershanik
Oscar S. Gershanik Favaloro University
Nora D. Volkow
Nora D. Volkow National Institutes of Health
Veronica A. Alvarez
Veronica A. Alvarez National Institutes of Health
Gene-Jack Wang
Gene-Jack Wang National Institutes of Health
Michael S. Levine
Michael S. Levine Princeton University
Bruno Giros
Bruno Giros McGill University
Sergi Ferré
Sergi Ferré National Institute on Drug Abuse
Jeffrey S. Mogil
Jeffrey S. Mogil McGill University
John K. Belknap
John K. Belknap Oregon Health & Science University

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