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Richard P. Bobbin, PhD
Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, Pharmacology & Physiology
Director, Kresge Hearing Research Laboratory
Director, Kresge Hearing Research Laboratory
533 Bolivar Street, 5th floor
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 568-4785 Fax: (504) 568-4460
rbobbi@lsuhsc.edu
Degrees
BS Pharmacology - 1964
Northeastern University
MS Pharmacology - 1967
Tulane University
PhD Pharmacology - 1969
Tulane University
Bio
Dr. Bobbin is director of LSUHSC Kresge Hearing Research Laboratory including the Molecular Hearing Division which conducts research on hearing and deafness at the molecular level.
Dr. Bobbin received his BS. degree in Pharmacy from Northeastern University in Boston in 1964. He is a registered pharmacist in Massachusetts. After receiving his PhD in 1969 in Pharmacology from Tulane University under the guidance of Paul Guth, PhD in New Orleans, he spent two years studying auditory physiology with Teruzio Konishi, MD in the Neuroscience Center at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Dr. Bobbin has been at LSUHSC since leaving the University of Florida in 1971. He has been the recipient of various grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Deafness Research Foundation and has published over 100 articles in various scientific journals, including Nature, Journal of Neurochemistry, and the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. He has been invited as a guest lecturer to various institutions, including for example, the Kresge Hearing Research Institute at the University of Michigan, and the University of Montpellier, France.
Dr. Bobbin teaches neurophysiology and pharmacology.
Dr. Bobbin is a member of the Greater New Orleans chapter of the Society of Neuroscience, the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the American Society for Neuroscience.
Research Interests
Selected Publications
Bobbin RP, ATP-induced movement of the stalks of isolated cochlear Deiters' cells., NeuroReport 12, 2923-2926,, 2001.
Bobbin RP, PPADS, an ATP antagonist, attenuates the effects of a moderately intense sound on cochlear mechanics., Hear. Res. 156, 10-16, 2001.
Bobbin RP, LeBlanc CS, Mandhare M and Parker MS: Additional studies on the role of ATP as a neuromodulator in the organ of Corti. In: Berlin CI and Bobbin RP (Eds.), Singular Publishing Group, Inc., San Diego, CA, Hair Cells Micromechanics and Hearing. pp.129-155, 2000.
Ruel J, Bobbin RP, Vidal D, Pujol R and Puel JL, The selective AMPA receptor antagonist GYKI53784 blocks action potential generation and excitotoxicity in the guinea pig cochlea., Neuropharmacology 39, 1959-1973, 2000.
Bobbin RP, Barnes AP, Chen C, Deininger PL, LeBlanc CS and Parker MS: Transmitters in the cochlea: ATP as a neuromodulator in the organ of Corti. In: Berlin CH (Ed.), Singular Publishing Group: San Diego, Genetics and Hearing Loss pp 87-110, 2000.