Locus ceruleus

Preferred Label : Locus ceruleus;

Synonyme FMA : Locus coeruleus; Nucleus of locus caeruleus; Caerulean nucleus;

Details

Origin ID

72478;

UMLS CUI

C0023951;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire locus ceruleus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Locus Coeruleus [NCIt concept]
- Structure of locus ceruleus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- locus ceruleus [UBERON concept]
- locus ceruleus [SNOMED Notion]
- locus coeruleus [Radlex concept]
- locus coeruleus [MeSH Descriptor]
- locus coeruleus [MeSH concept]
RADLEX concept(s)
- locus coeruleus [Radlex concept]
Receives input from
- Amygdala [FMA entity]
- Dorsal raphe nucleus [FMA entity]
- Lamina I of gray matter of spinal cord [FMA entity]
- Lateral paragigantocellular nucleus [FMA entity]
- Nucleus of stria terminalis [FMA entity]
- Paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus [FMA entity]
- Retroambiguus nucleus [FMA entity]
- Tuberomammillary nucleus [FMA entity]
Regional part of
- Pontine tegmentum [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
Sends output to
- Cerebellum [FMA entity]
- Dorsal raphe nucleus [FMA entity]
- Fastigial nucleus [FMA entity]
- Inferior parietal lobule [FMA entity]
- Island of Calleja [FMA entity]
- Nucleus raphe magnus [FMA entity]
- Nucleus raphe pallidus [FMA entity]
- Paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus [FMA entity]
- Pontine raphe nucleus [FMA entity]
- Premotor cortex [FMA entity]
- Primary motor cortex [FMA entity]
- Retroambiguus nucleus [FMA entity]
- Spinal cord [FMA entity]
- Thalamic reticular nucleus [FMA entity]
- Ventral posterior nucleus [FMA entity]
- Ventral posterolateral nucleus [FMA entity]
- Ventral posteromedial nucleus [FMA entity]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Locus Coeruleus [NCIt concept]
- Structure of locus ceruleus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- locus ceruleus [UBERON concept]
- locus ceruleus [SNOMED Notion]
- locus coeruleus [MeSH concept]
- locus coeruleus [Radlex concept]
- locus coeruleus [MeSH Descriptor]

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