Publications
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There is chemistry in social chemistry
Ravreby I., Snitz K. & Sobel N. (2022) Science advances. Abstract -
PerBrain: a multimodal approach to personalized tracking of evolving state-of-consciousness in brain-injured patients: protocol of an international, multicentric, observational study
Willacker L., Raiser T. M., Bassi M., Bender A., Comanducci A., Rosanova M., Sobel N., Arzi A., Belloli L., Casarotto S., Colombo M., Derchi C. C., Fló Rama E., Grill E., Hohl M., Kuehlmeyer K., Manasova D., Rosenfelder M. J., Valota C. & Sitt J. D. (2022) BMC Neurology. Abstract -
An olfactory self-test effectively screens for COVID-19
Snitz K., Honigstein D., Weissgross R., Ravia A., Mishor E., Perl O., Karagach S., Medhanie A., Harel N., Shushan S., Roth Y., Iravani B., Arshamian A., Ernst G., Okamoto M., Poo C., Bonacchi N., Mainen Z., Monteleone E., Spinelli S., Dinnella C., Mariño-Sánchez F., Ferdenzi C., Smeets M., Touhara K., Bensafi M., Hummel T., Lundström J. N. & Sobel N. (2022) Communications Medicine. Abstract -
Odor Canopy: A Method for Comfortable Odorant Delivery in MRI
Gorodisky L., Livne E., Weiss T., Weissbrod A., Weissgross R., Mishor E., Furman-Haran E. & Sobel N. (2021) Chemical Senses. Abstract -
Proof of concept for real-time detection of SARS CoV-2 infection with an electronic nose
Snitz K., Andelman-Gur M., Pinchover L., Weissgross R., Weissbrod A., Mishor E., Zoller R., Linetsky V., Medhanie A., Shushan S., Jaffe E. & Sobel N. (2021) PLoS ONE. Abstract -
Sniffing the human body volatile hexadecanal blocks aggression in men but triggers aggression in women
Mishor E., Amir D., Weiss T., Honigstein D., Weissbrod A., Livne E., Gorodisky L., Karagach S., Ravia A., Snitz K., Karawani D., Zirler R., Weissgross R., Soroka T., Endevelt-Shapira Y., Agron S., Rozenkrantz L., Reshef N., Furman-Haran E., Breer H., Strotmann J., Uebi T., Ozaki M. & Sobel N. (2021) Science advances. Abstract -
Human Olfaction without Apparent Olfactory Bulbs
Weiss T., Soroka T., Gorodisky L., Shushan S., Snitz K., Weissgross R., Furman-Haran E., Dhollander T. & Sobel N. (2020) Neuron. Abstract -
Are humans constantly but subconsciously smelling themselves?
Perl O., Mishor E., Ravia A., Ravreby I. & Sobel N. (2020) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Abstract -
Olfactory sniffing signals consciousness in unresponsive patients with brain injuries
Arzi A., Rozenkrantz L., Gorodisky L., Rozenkrantz D., Holtzman Y., Ravia A., Bekinschtein T. A., Galperin T., Krimchansky B., Cohen G., Oksamitni A., Aidinoff E., Sacher Y. & Sobel N. (2020) Nature. Abstract -
Local Targeted Memory Reactivation in Human Sleep
Bar E., Marmelshtein A., Arzi A., Perl O., Livne E., Hizmi E., Paz R., Sobel N., Dudai Y. & Nir Y. (2020) Current Biology. Abstract -
Unexplained repeated pregnancy loss is associated with altered perceptual and brain responses to men’s body-odor
Rozenkrantz L., Weissgross R., Weiss T., Ravreby I., Frumin I., Shushan S., Gorodisky L., Reshef N., Holzman Y., Pinchover L., Endevelt-Shapira Y., Mishor E., Soroka T., Finkel M., Tagania L., Ravia A., Perl O., Furman-Haran E., Carp H. & Sobel N. (2020) eLife. Abstract -
A measure of smell enables the creation of olfactory metamers
Ravia A., Snitz K., Honigstein D., Finkel M., Zirler R., Perl O., Secundo L., Laudamiel C., Harel D. & Sobel N. (2020) Nature. AbstractCheckout our site for comparing odors and odor mixtures in Odorspace
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Relationship Between Odor Intensity Estimates and COVID-19 Prevalence Prediction in a Swedish Population
Iravani B., Arshamian A., Ravia A., Mishor E., Snitz K., Shushan S., Roth Y., Perl O., Honigstein D., Weissgross R., Karagach S., Ernst G., Okamoto M., Mainen Z., Monteleone E., Dinnella C., Spinelli S., Marino-Sanchez F., Ferdenzi C., Smeets M., Touhara K., Bensafi M., Hummel T., Sobel N. & Lundstrom J. N. (2020) Chemical Senses. Abstract -
SmellSpace: An Odor-Based Social Network as a Platform for Collecting Olfactory Perceptual Data
Snitz K., Perl O., Honigstein D., Secundo L., Ravia A., Yablonka A., Endevelt-Shapira Y. & Sobel N. (2019) Chemical Senses. Abstract -
Women Have Reduced Ability to Discriminate Body Odors During the Withdrawal Period of Oral Contraception
Endevelt-Shapira Y., Pinchover L., Perl O., Bar E., Avin A. & Sobel N. (2019) Chemosensory Perception. Abstract -
Human non-olfactory cognition phase-locked with inhalation
Perl O., Ravia A., Rubinson M., Eisen A., Soroka T., Mor N., Secundo L. & Sobel N. (2019) Nature Human Behaviour. Abstract -
Altered responses to social chemosignals in autism spectrum disorder
Endevelt-Shapira Y., Perl O., Ravia A., Amir D., Eisen A., Bezalel V., Rozenkrantz L., Mishor E., Pinchover L., Soroka T., Honigstein D. & Sobel N. (2018) Nature Neuroscience. Abstract -
Smelling Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections using a whole-cell biosensor - An alternative for the gold-standard culturing assay
Kviatkovski I., Shushan S., Oron Y., Frumin I., Amir D., Secundo L., Livne E., Weissbrod A., Sobel N. & Helman Y. (2018) Journal of Biotechnology. Abstract -
Using a Sniff Controller to Self-Trigger Abdominal Functional Electrical Stimulation for Assisted Coughing Following Cervical Spinal Cord Lesions
Haviv L., Friedman H., Bierman U., Glass I., Plotkin A., Weissbrod A., Shushan S., Bluvshtein V., Aidinoff E., Sobel N. & Catz A. (2017) IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. Abstract -
Revisiting the revisit: added evidence for a social chemosignal in human emotional tears
Sobel N. (2017) Cognition and Emotion. Abstract -
Olfaction and Sleep
Perl O., Arzi A., Hairston I. S. & Sobel N. (2017) . Abstract -
Measuring and Characterizing the Human Nasal Cycle
Kahana-Zweig R., Geva-Sagiv M., Weissbrod A., Secundo L., Soroker N. & Sobel N. (2016) PLoS ONE. Abstract -
From Nose to Brain: Un-Sensed Electrical Currents Applied in the Nose Alter Activity in Deep Brain Structures
Weiss T., Shushan S., Ravia A., Hahamy A., Secundo L., Weissbrod A., Ben-Yakov A., Holtzman Y., Cohen-Atsmoni S., Roth Y. & Sobel N. (2016) Cerebral Cortex. Abstract -
Increased number of volatile organic compounds over malignant glottic lesions.
Shoffel-Havakuk H., Frumin I., Lahav Y., Haviv L., Sobel N. & Halperin D. (2016) The Laryngoscope. Abstract -
Odors enhance slow-wave activity in non-rapid eye movement sleep.
Perl O., Arzi A., Sela L., Secundo L., Holtzman Y., Samnon P., Oksenberg A., Sobel N. & Hairston I. S. (2016) Journal of Neurophysiology. Abstract -
Pseudomonas aeruginosa activates the quorum sensing LuxR response regulator through secretion of 2-aminoacetophenone
Kviatkovski I., Chernin L., Yarnitzky T., Frumin I., Sobel N. & Helman Y. (2015) Chemical Communications. Abstract -
Individual olfactory perception reveals meaningful nonolfactory genetic information
Secundo L., Snitz K., Weissler K., Pinchover L., Shoenfeld Y., Loewenthal R., Agmon-Levin N., Frumin I., Bar-Zvi D., Shushan S. & Sobel N. (2015) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Abstract -
A Mechanistic Link between Olfaction and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Rozenkrantz L., Zachor D., Heller I., Plotkin A., Weissbrod A., Snitz K., Secundo L. & Sobel N. (2015) Current Biology. Abstract -
Functional Brain Imaging of Human Olfaction
Shushan S., Roth Y. & Sobel N. (2015) Brain Mapping: An Encyclopedic Reference. Abstract -
Does a unique olfactory genome imply a unique olfactory world?
Frumin I., Sobel N. & Gilad Y. (2014) Nature Neuroscience. Abstract -
Disinhibition of olfaction: Human olfactory performance improves following low levels of alcohol
Endevelt-Shapira Y., Shushan S., Roth Y. & Sobel N. (2014) Behavioural Brain Research. Abstract -
Sniffing patterns uncover implicit memory for undetected odors
Arzi A., Rozenkrantz L., Holtzman Y., Secundo L. & Sobel N. (2014) Current Biology. -
The perceptual logic of smell
Secundo L., Snitz K. & Sobel N. (2014) Current Opinion in Neurobiology. Abstract -
Mirror Sniffing: Humans Mimic Olfactory Sampling Behavior
Arzi A., Shedlesky L., Secundo L. & Sobel N. (2014) Chemical Senses. Abstract -
Detection of response to command using voluntary control of breathing in disorders of consciousness
Charland-Verville V., Lesenfants D., Sela L., Noirhomme Q., Ziegler E., Chatelle C., Plotkin A., Sobel N. & Laureys S. (2014) Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Abstract -
Olfactory Aversive Conditioning during Sleep Reduces Cigarette-Smoking Behavior
Arzi A., Holtzman Y., Samnon P., Eshel N., Hare E. & Sobel N. (2014) Journal of Neuroscience. Abstract -
An Assay for Human Chemosignals
Frumin I. & Sobel N. (2013) . Abstract -
Predicting Odor Perceptual Similarity from Odor Structure
Snitz K., Yablonka A., Weiss T., Frumin I., Khan R. M. & Sobel N. (2013) PLoS Computational Biology. Abstract -
Auditory aversive learning increases discrimination thresholds
Resnik J., Sobel N. & Paz R. (2012) Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. Abstract -
What's primary about primary olfactory cortex?
Weiss T. & Sobel N. (2012) Nature Neuroscience. -
Perceptual convergence of multi-component mixtures in olfaction implies an olfactory white
Weiss T., Snitz K., Yablonka A., Khan R. M., Gafsou D., Schneidman E. & Sobel N. (2012) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Abstract -
Odorant similarity in the mouse olfactory bulb
Yablonka A., Sobel N. & Haddad R. (2012) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. -
Humans can learn new information during sleep
Arzi A., Shedlesky L., Ben Shaul S. M., Nasser K., Oksenberg A., Hairston I. S. & Sobel N. (2012) Nature Neuroscience. Abstract -
Neural activity at the human olfactory epithelium reflects olfactory perception
Lapid H., Shushan S., Plotkin A., Voet H., Roth Y., Hummel T., Schneidman E. & Sobel N. (2011) Nature Neuroscience. Abstract -
Human Tears Contain a Chemosignal
Gelstein S., Yeshurun Y., Rozenkrantz L., Shushan S., Frumin I., Roth Y. & Sobel N. (2011) Science. Abstract -
Olfactory perception as a compass for olfactory neural maps
Arzi A. & Sobel N. (2011) Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Abstract -
Auditory aversive learning increases discrimination thresholds
Resnik J., Sobel N. & Paz R. (2011) Nature Neuroscience. Abstract -
An Odor is Not Worth a Thousand Words: From Multidimensional Odors to Unidimensional Odor Objects
Yeshurun Y. & Sobel N. (2010) ANNUAL REVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY. Abstract -
Sniffing enables communication and environmental control for the severely disabled
Plotkin A., Sela L., Weissbrod A., Kahana R., Haviv L., Yeshurun Y., Soroker N. & Sobel N. (2010) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Abstract -
Spatial Perception: Time Tells Where a Smell Comes From
Arzi A. & Sobel N. (2010) Current Biology. -
The Influence of Odorants on Respiratory Patterns in Sleep
Arzi A., Sela L., Green A., Givaty G., Dagan Y. & Sobel N. (2010) Chemical Senses. Abstract -
Multisensory integration: an inner tongue puts an outer nose in context
Yeshurun Y. & Sobel N. (2010) Nature Neuroscience. Abstract -
Predicting Odor Pleasantness with an Electronic Nose
Haddad R., Medhanie A., Roth Y., Harel D. & Sobel N. (2010) PLoS Computational Biology. Abstract -
Global Features of Neural Activity in the Olfactory System Form a Parallel Code That Predicts Olfactory Behavior and Perception
Haddad R., Weiss T., Khan R., Nadler B., Mandairon N., Bensafi M., Schneidman E. & Sobel N. (2010) Journal of Neuroscience. Abstract -
Human olfaction: a constant state of change-blindness
Sela L. & Sobel N. (2010) Experimental Brain Research. Abstract -
eNose predicts odor rating
Sobel N. (2010) Trac-Trends In Analytical Chemistry. -
Odorant Concentration Dependence in Electroolfactograms Recorded From the Human Olfactory Epithelium
Lapid H., Seo H., Schuster B., Schneidman E., Roth Y., Harel D., Sobel N. & Hummel T. (2009) Journal of Neurophysiology. Abstract -
The Privileged Brain Representation of First Olfactory Associations
Yeshurun Y., Lapid H., Dudai Y. & Sobel N. (2009) Current Biology. Abstract -
A Specialized Odor Memory Buffer in Primary Olfactory Cortex
Zelano C., Montag J., Khan R. & Sobel N. (2009) PLoS ONE. Abstract -
Spared and Impaired Olfactory Abilities after Thalamic Lesions
Sela L., Sacher Y., Serfaty C., Yeshurun Y., Soroker N. & Sobel N. (2009) Journal of Neuroscience. Abstract -
Prediction models for the pleasantness of binary mixtures in olfaction
Lapid H., Harel D. & Sobel N. (2008) Chemical Senses. Abstract -
Working Memory Across Nostrils
Yeshurun Y., Dudai Y. & Sobel N. (2008) Behavioral Neuroscience. Abstract -
Predicting the receptive range of olfactory receptors
Haddad R., Carmel L., Sobel N. & Harel D. (2008) PLoS Computational Biology. Abstract -
A metric for odorant comparison
Haddad R., Khan R., Takahashi Y. K., Mori K., Harel D. & Sobel N. (2008) Nature Methods. Abstract -
Measuring smells
Haddad R., Lapid H., Harel D. & Sobel N. (2008) Current Opinion in Neurobiology. Abstract -
Male behavior by knockout
Spors H. & Sobel N. (2007) Neuron. Abstract -
How the nose knows what it knows
Khan R. M. & Sobel N. (2007) Nature Neuroscience. -
Methods for building an olfactometer with known concentration outcomes
Johnson B. N. & Sobel N. (2007) Journal of Neuroscience Methods. Abstract -
Smelling a single component of male sweat alters levels of cortisol in women
Wyart C., Webster W. W., Chen J. H., Wilson S. R., McClary A., Khan R. M. & Sobel N. (2007) Journal of Neuroscience. Abstract -
Mechanisms of scent-tracking in humans
Porter J., Craven B., Khan R. M., Chang S., Kang I., Judkewicz B., Volpe J., Settles G. & Sobel N. (2007) Nature Neuroscience. Abstract -
Dissociated representations of irritation and valence in human primary olfactory cortex
Zelano C., Montag J., Johnson B., Khan R. & Sobel N. (2007) Journal of Neurophysiology. Abstract -
Hedonic-specific activity in piriform cortex during odor imagery mimics that during odor perception
Bensafi M., Sobel N. & Khan R. M. (2007) Journal of Neurophysiology. Abstract -
Predicting odor pleasantness from odorant structure: Pleasantness as a reflection of the physical world
Khan R. M., Luk C., Flinker A., Aggarwal A., Lapid H., Haddad R. & Sobel N. (2007) Journal of Neuroscience. Abstract -
A comparison of methods for sniff measurement concurrent with olfactory tasks in humans
Johnson B. N., Russell C., Khan R. M. & Sobel N. (2006) Chemical Senses. Abstract -
The sniff is part of the olfactory percept
Mainland J. & Sobel N. (2006) Chemical Senses. Abstract -
Humans as an animal model for systems-level organization of olfaction
Zelano C. & Sobel N. (2005) Neuron. Abstract -
Brain mechanisms for extracting spatial information from smell
Porter J., Anand T., Johnson B., Khan R. & Sobel N. (2005) Neuron. Abstract -
Odorant-specific patterns of sniffing during imagery distinguish 'bad' and 'good' olfactory imagers
Bensafi M., Pouliot S. & Sobel N. (2005) Chemical Senses. Abstract -
Olfactory impairments in patients with unilateral cerebellar lesions are selective to inputs from the contralesional nostril
Mainland J. D., Johnson B. N., Khan R., Ivry R. B. & Sobel N. (2005) Journal of Neuroscience. Abstract -
Attentional modulation in human primary olfactory cortex
Zelano C., Bensafi M., Porter J., Mainland J., Johnson B., Bremner E., Telles C., Khan R. & Sobel N. (2005) Nature Neuroscience. Abstract -
Neural processing at the speed of smell
Khan R. M. & Sobel N. (2004) Neuron. Abstract -
Sniffing a human sex-steroid derived compound affects mood and autonomic arousal in a dose-dependent manner
Bensafi M., Tsutsui T., Khan R., Levenson R. & Sobel N. (2004) Psychoneuroendocrinology. Abstract -
Sniffing human sex-steroid derived compounds modulates mood, memory and autonomic nervous system function in specific behavioral contexts
Bensafi M., Brown W., Khan R., Levenson B. & Sobel N. (2004) Behavioural Brain Research. Abstract -
Sex-steroid derived compounds induce sex-specific effects on autonomic nervous system function in humans
Bensafi M., Brown W., Tsutsui T., Mainland J., Johnson B., Bremner E., Young N., Mauss, Ray B., Gross J., Richards J., Stappen, Levenson R. & Sobel N. (2003) Behavioral Neuroscience. Abstract -
Olfactomotor activity during imagery mimics that during perception
Bensafi M., Porter J., Pouliot S., Mainland J., Johnson B., Zelano C., Young N., Bremner E., Aframian D., Khan R. & Sobel N. (2003) Nature Neuroscience. Abstract -
Dissociating intensity from valence as sensory inputs to emotion
Anderson A. K. & Sobel N. (2003) Neuron. Abstract -
The prevalence of androstenone anosmia
Bremner E. A., Mainland J. D., Khan R. M. & Sobel N. (2003) Chemical Senses. Abstract -
Rapid olfactory processing implicates subcortical control of an olfactomotor system
Johnson B. N., Mainland J. D. & Sobel N. (2003) Journal of Neurophysiology. Abstract -
Dissociated neural representations of intensity and valence in human olfaction
Anderson A., Christoff K., Stappen I., Panitz D., Ghahremani D., Glover G., Gabrieli J. & Sobel N. (2003) Nature Neuroscience. Abstract -
Olfactory plasticity - One nostril knows what the other learns
Mainland J. D., Bremner E., Young N., Johnson B. N., Khan R. M., Bensafi M. & Sobel N. (2002) Nature. Abstract -
The scented brain: Pheromonal responses in humans
Sobel N. & Brown W. M. (2001) Neuron. Abstract -
An impairment in sniffing contributes to the olfactory impairment in Parkinson's disease
Sobel N., Thomason M. E., Stappen I., Tanner C. M., Tetrud J. W., Bower J. M., Sullivan E. V. & Gabrieli J. D. E. (2001) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Abstract -
Time course of odorant-induced activation in the human primary olfactory cortex
Sobel N., Prabhakaran V., Zhao Z., Desmond J. E., Glover G. H., Sullivan E. V. & Gabrieli J. D. E. (2000) Journal of Neurophysiology. Abstract -
Sniffing longer rather than stronger to maintain olfactory detection threshold
Sobel N., Khan R. M., Hartley C. A., Sullivan E. V. & Gabrieli J. D. E. (2000) Chemical Senses. Abstract -
Olfaction - The world smells different to each nostril
Sobel N., Khan R. M., Saltman A., Sullivan E. V. & Gabrieli J. D. E. (1999) Nature. Abstract -
Blind smell: brain activation induced by an undetected air-borne chemical
Sobel N., Prabhakaran V., Hartley C. A., Desmond J. E., Glover G. H., Sullivan E. V. & Gabrieli J. D. E. (1999) Brain. Abstract -
Odorant-induced and sniff-induced activation in the cerebellum of the human
Sobel N., Prabhakaran V., Hartley C. A., Desmond J. E., Zhao Z., Glover G. H., Gabrieli J. D. E. & Sullivan E. V. (1998) Journal of Neuroscience. Abstract -
Sniffing and smelling: separate subsystems in the human olfactory cortex
Sobel N., Prabhakaran V., Desmond J., Glover G., Goode R., Sullivan E. & Gabrieli J. (1998) Nature. Abstract -
A method for functional magnetic resonance imaging of olfaction
Sobel N., Prabhakaran V., Desmond J., Glover G., Sullivan E. & Gabrieli J. (1997) Journal of Neuroscience Methods. Abstract
