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Overview

Gerd Kobal is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research work spans multiple fields including Neuroscience, Nursing, and Engineering.

Their subfields of study include Sensory Systems, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics explored in their work cover Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, and Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies.

Gerd Kobal has published research in the journal Food Chemistry. One notable paper is titled The multi-faceted food odorant 4-methylphenol selectively activates evolutionary conserved receptor OR9Q2, published in 2023.

Frequent collaborators in their research projects include Franziska Haag, Tim Frey, Sandra Hoffmann, Johanna Kreißl, and Jörg Stein.

Best Publications

  • ‘Sniffin’ Sticks': Olfactory Performance Assessed by the Combined Testing of Odor Identification, Odor Discrimination and Olfactory Threshold

    Thomas Hummel;B. Sekinger;S. R. Wolf;E. Pauli

  • Normative data for the "Sniffin' Sticks" including tests of odor identification, odor discrimination, and olfactory thresholds: an upgrade based on a group of more than 3,000 subjects.

    T. Hummel;G. Kobal;H. Gudziol;Alan Mackay-Sim

  • Multicenter investigation of 1,036 subjects using a standardized method for the assessment of olfactory function combining tests of odor identification, odor discrimination, and olfactory thresholds.

    G. Kobal;L. Klimek;M. Wolfensberger;H. Gudziol

  • "Sniffin' sticks": screening of olfactory performance.

    G Kobal;T Hummel;B Sekinger;S Barz

  • Sensory-specific satiety-related olfactory activation of the human orbitofrontal cortex

    J O'Doherty;E T Rolls;S Francis;R Bowtell

  • Quantitative assessment of gustatory function in a clinical context using impregnated "taste strips".

    C Mueller;S Kallert;B Renner;K Stiassny

  • Screening of olfactory function with a four-minute odor identification test: reliability, normative data, and investigations in patients with olfactory loss.

    Thomas Hummel;Kati Rosenheim;Claus-Günther Konnerth;Gerd Kobal

  • Cerebral chemosensory evoked potentials elicited by chemical stimulation of the human olfactory and respiratory nasal mucosa.

    Gerd Kobal;Cornelia Hummel

  • Psychophysiology of experimentally induced pain

    H. O. Handwerker;G. Kobal

  • Anterior distribution of human olfactory epithelium.

    Donald A. Leopold;Thomas Hummel;James E. Schwob;Seok Chen Hong

  • Is there directional smelling

    G. Kobal;S. Van Toller;T. Hummel

  • Pain-related electrical potentials of the human nasal mucosa elicited by chemical stimulation.

    Gerd Kobal

  • Sensory-specific satiety-related olfactory activation of the human orbitofrontal cortex.

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  • Changes in olfactory perception during the menstrual cycle

    T. Hummel;R. Gollisch;G. Wildt;G. Kobal

  • Olfactory evoked potentials in humans

    G Kobal

  • Chemosensory event-related potentials in the investigation of interactions between the olfactory and the somatosensory (trigeminal) systems

    A. Livermore;T. Hummel;G. Kobal

  • Chemosensory event-related potentials in response to trigeminal and olfactory stimulation in idiopathic Parkinson's disease

    S. Barz;T. Hummel;E. Pauli;M. Majer

  • Chemosensory event-related potentials change with age.

    T Hummel;S Barz;E Pauli;G Kobal

  • Cortical responses to painful CO2 stimulation of nasal mucosa; a magnetoencephalographic study in man.

    Juha Huttunen;Gerd Kobal;Elina Kaukoranta;Riitta Hari

  • Loss of olfactory function leads to a decrease of trigeminal sensitivity

    T. Hummel;S. Barz;J. Lötsch;S. Roscher

  • Right-hemisphere preponderance of responses to painful CO2 stimulation of the human nasal mucosa

    Riitta Hari;Karin Portin;Birgit Kettenmann;Veikko Jousmäki

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Hummel
Thomas Hummel TU Dresden
Steven Nordin
Steven Nordin Umeå University
Riitta Hari
Riitta Hari Aalto University
Francis McGlone
Francis McGlone Liverpool John Moores University
Claire Murphy
Claire Murphy San Diego State University
Veikko Jousmäki
Veikko Jousmäki Aalto University
Charles Spence
Charles Spence University of Oxford
Riitta Salmelin
Riitta Salmelin Aalto University
Hermann Stefan
Hermann Stefan University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Richard Bowtell
Richard Bowtell University of Nottingham

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