GUSTATORY PATHWAY
(3 - neuron pathway)
- neurons:
- soft palate - ganglion
pterygopalatinum (! no interpolation !) - n. petrosus major - ganglion geniculi
- n. intermedius - nucleus tractus solitarii
- ventral 2/3 of tongue
(= dorsum linguae) - n. lingualis - chorda tympani - n. intermedius - nucleus
tractus solitarii
- dorsal 1/3 of tongue
(= radix linguae) - n. IX - ganglion inf. and sup. n. IX - nucleus tractus
solitarii
- epiglottis, aditus
laryngis - n. X - ganglion inf. and sup. n. X. - nucleus tractus solitarii
- neurons:
from nucleus tractus solitarri - to thalamus (nucleus ventralis posteromedialis),
motor nuclei of cranial nerves and reticular formation
- neurons:
from thalamus - to brain cortex /lobus parietalis - area 43, gyrus postcentralis/
and ventral part of lobus insularis, gyrus parahippocampalis and habenula
