The first relay station for gustatory information en route to the cortex is the

a. area postrema.
b. chorda tympani.
c. ventral posteromedial thalamic nucleus.
d. nucleus of the solitary tract.
e. insular cortex.

Answer: d. nucleus of the solitary tract.

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