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Preferred Label : locus ceruleus;

Uberon definition : The locus ceruleus is a dense cluster of neurons within the dorsorostral pons. This nucleus is the major location of neurons that release norepinephrine throughout the brain, and is responsible for physiological responses to stress and panic[GO]. Bluish region in the superior angle of the fourth ventricle floor, corresponding to melanin-like pigmented nerve cells which lie lateral to the ponto-mesencephalic central gray (griseum centrale). It is also known as nucleus pigmentosus pontis[GAID].;

Uberon synonym : nucleus of locus caeruleus; substantia ferruginea; caerulean nucleus; nucleus pigmentosus pontis; blue nucleus; locus caeruleus; locus coeruleu; locus coeruleus;

Uberon related term : loci coeruleus; locus cinereus; locus coeruleus (Vicq d'Azyr);

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The locus ceruleus is a dense cluster of neurons within the dorsorostral pons. This nucleus is the major location of neurons that release norepinephrine throughout the brain, and is responsible for physiological responses to stress and panic[GO]. Bluish region in the superior angle of the fourth ventricle floor, corresponding to melanin-like pigmented nerve cells which lie lateral to the ponto-mesencephalic central gray (griseum centrale). It is also known as nucleus pigmentosus pontis[GAID].

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28/04/2025


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