Taste Signals from the Ventral Posterior Medial Nucleus of Thalamus

question 41

Multiple Choice

Taste signals from the ventral posterior medial nucleus of thalamus travel first to the:

• A) orbitofrontal cortex.
• B) hypothalamus.
• C) amygdala.
• D) primary taste cortex.

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