RT Book, Section A1 Berkowitz, Aaron L. SR Print(0) ID 1174547865 T1 Cranial Nerves 1, 9, 10, 11, and 12 T2 Clinical Neurology and Neuroanatomy: A Localization-Based Approach YR 2016 FD 2016 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259834400 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174547865 RD 2024/03/28 AB The olfactory nerves transmit smell information through the cribriform plate to the olfactory bulbs and tracts, which in turn transmit this information to the olfactory cortex in the medial temporal lobes. Smell information is the only sensory modality not transmitted to the thalamus prior to the cortex. In the case of smell, the information first arrives in the olfactory cortex, and is then transmitted to the medial dorsal nucleus of the thalamus.