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Acupuncture-induced changes in locus coeruleus connectivity and memory improvement in patients with amnestic cognitive impairment [PDF]

open access: yesIBRO Neuroscience Reports
Background: An increasing number of neuroimaging studies have consistently indicated that the locus coeruleus is associated with cognitive impairment in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, and the locus coeruleus plays a critical role in cognition ...
Liyu Hu   +8 more
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The role of the locus coeruleus in the generation of pathological anxiety

open access: yesBrain and Neuroscience Advances, 2020
This review aims to synthesise a large pre-clinical and clinical literature related to a hypothesised role of the locus coeruleus norepinephrine system in responses to acute and chronic threat, as well as the emergence of pathological anxiety.
Laurel S. Morris   +3 more
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In vivo detection of substantia nigra and locus coeruleus volume loss in Parkinson's disease using neuromelanin-sensitive MRI: Replication in two cohorts.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
Patients with Parkinson's disease undergo a loss of melanized neurons in substantia nigra pars compacta and locus coeruleus. Very few studies have assessed substantia nigra pars compacta and locus coeruleus pathology in Parkinson's disease simultaneously
Kristy S Hwang   +4 more
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Locus Coeruleus Optogenetic Modulation: Lessons Learned from Temporal Patterns

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2021
After reviewing seminal studies using optogenetics to interrogate the functional role of the locus coeruleus in behavior, we conclude that differences in firing rates and firing patterns of locus coeruleus neurons contribute to locus coeruleus nucleus ...
Carolyn W. Harley, Qi Yuan
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Age- and Sex-Dependent Changes in Locus Coeruleus Physiology and Anxiety-Like Behavior Following Acute Stressor Exposure

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022
Adolescence is a critical period of development with increased sensitivity toward psychological stressors. Many psychiatric conditions emerge during adolescence and animal studies have shown that that acute stress has long-term effects on hypothalamic ...
Olga Borodovitsyna   +9 more
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Pupil tracks statistical regularities: behavioral and neural implications [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Integrative Neuroscience, 2020
Pupillary light reflex adjusts the amount of light reaching the retina. Recent work suggests that the brainstem pupillary light reflex pathway is controlled by the environment's internal models derived from higher-order temporal statistics.
Shamini Warda, Shubham Pandey
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Locus coeruleus-norepinephrine: basic functions and insights into Parkinson’s disease

open access: yesNeural Regeneration Research, 2020
The locus coeruleus is a pontine nucleus that produces much of the brain’s norepinephrine. Despite its small size, the locus coeruleus is critical for a myriad of functions and is involved in many neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. In this
Bilal Abdul Bari   +2 more
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Noradrenergic signaling mediates cortical early tagging and storage of remote memory

open access: yesNature Communications, 2022
The locus coeruleus norepinephrine system plays a role in various cognitive functions. Here the authors show that in mice, locus coeruleus to medial prefrontal cortex norepinephrine release and β1-AR signaling during contextual fear conditioning are ...
Xiaocen Fan   +6 more
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Noradrenergic deficits contribute to apathy in Parkinson's disease through the precision of expected outcomes.

open access: yesPLoS Computational Biology, 2022
Apathy is a debilitating feature of many neuropsychiatric diseases, that is typically described as a reduction of goal-directed behaviour. Despite its prevalence and prognostic importance, the mechanisms underlying apathy remain controversial ...
Frank H Hezemans   +14 more
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Gulf War Syndrome: A role for organophosphate induced plasticity of locus coeruleus neurons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Gulf War syndrome is a chronic multi-symptom illness that has affected about a quarter of the deployed veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. Exposure to prolonged low-level organophosphate insecticides and other toxic chemicals is now thought to be responsible.
Andrew L. Varnell   +2 more
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