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Nerves like chorda tympani, greater petrosal nerve (facial nerve branch) glossopharyngeal and vagus take part in the taste sensation and innervate the tongue, palate and epiglottis. The neural pathway of taste is presented in detail in physiological and pathological conditions.
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References
Douglass R, Heckman G. Drug-related taste disturbance: a contributing factor in geriatric syndromes. Can Fam Physician 2010;56(11):1142-7.
Suwabe T, Bradley RM. Characteristics of rostral solitary tract nucleus neurons with identified afferent connections that project to the parabrachial nucleus in rats. J Neurophysiol 2009;102(1):546-55.
Kaas JH. The future of mapping sensory cortex in primates: three of many remaining issues. Philos Trans R Soc Lond Biol Sci 2005;360(1456):653-64.
Small DM, Bender G, Veldhuizen MG, et al. The role of the human orbitofrontal cortex in taste and flavor processing. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2007;1121:136-51.
Smutzer G, Lam S, Hastings L, et al. A test for measuring gustatory function. Laryngoscope 2008;118(8):1411-6.
McClure ST, Lawless HT. A comparison of two electric taste stimulation devices. Physiol Behav 2007;92(4):658-64.
Gibbons JR, Sadiq NM. Neuroanatomy, neural taste pathway. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing 2023.