locus coeruleus
Meanings
noun
- A small nucleus, located bilaterally in the pons, which contains norepinephrine and has projections to most of the brain.
Word forms
Etymology
Latin for "blue place", using a Medieval Latin spelling of Classical Latin caeruleus (“blue”). See also Wikipedia for more details.
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