"Locus Coeruleus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Bluish-colored region in the superior angle of the FOURTH VENTRICLE floor, corresponding to melanin-like pigmented nerve cells which lie lateral to the PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY.
| Descriptor ID |
D008125
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.659.473 A08.186.211.132.810.428.600.650.437
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| Concept/Terms |
Locus Coeruleus- Locus Coeruleus
- Nucleus Pigmentosus Pontis
- Pontis, Nucleus Pigmentosus
- Locus Ceruleus Complex
- Ceruleus Complex, Locus
- Ceruleus Complices, Locus
- Complex, Locus Ceruleus
- Complices, Locus Ceruleus
- Locus Ceruleus Complices
- Locus Coeruleus Complex
- Coeruleus Complex, Locus
- Coeruleus Complices, Locus
- Complex, Locus Coeruleus
- Complices, Locus Coeruleus
- Locus Coeruleus Complices
- Locus Caeruleus
- Locus Ceruleus
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Locus Coeruleus" by people in Profiles.
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Association of an odor with activation of olfactory bulb noradrenergic beta-receptors or locus coeruleus stimulation is sufficient to produce learned approach responses to that odor in neonatal rats. Behav Neurosci. 2000 Oct; 114(5):957-62.
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Bilateral 6-OHDA lesions of the locus coeruleus impair associative olfactory learning in newborn rats. Brain Res. 1994 Apr 18; 643(1-2):306-9.