RT Book, Section A1 Berkowitz, Aaron L. SR Print(0) ID 1195941911 T1 Cranial Nerves 1, 9, 10, 11, & 12 T2 Clinical Neurology & Neuroanatomy: A Localization-Based Approach, 2e YR 2022 FD 2022 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781260453362 LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1195941911 RD 2024/04/24 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.