[HTML][HTML] The role of the locus coeruleus in pain and associated stress-related disorders

I Suárez-Pereira, M Llorca-Torralba, L Bravo… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The locus coeruleus (LC)-noradrenergic system is the main source of noradrenaline in the
central nervous system and is involved intensively in modulating pain and stress-related …

Locus coeruleus shows a spatial pattern of structural disintegration in Parkinson's disease

CF Madelung, D Meder, SA Fuglsang… - Movement …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Parkinson's disease (PD) causes a loss of neuromelanin‐positive,
noradrenergic neurons in the locus coeruleus (LC), which has been implicated in nonmotor …

A complete pupillometry toolbox for real-time monitoring of locus coeruleus activity in rodents

M Privitera, KD Ferrari, LM von Ziegler, O Sturman… - Nature protocols, 2020 - nature.com
The locus coeruleus (LC) is a region in the brainstem that produces noradrenaline and is
involved in both normal and pathological brain function. Pupillometry, the measurement of …

[HTML][HTML] The noradrenergic system in Parkinson's disease

E Paredes-Rodriguez, S Vegas-Suarez… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Nowadays it is well accepted that in Parkinson's disease (PD), the neurodegenerative
process occurs in stages and that damage to other areas precedes the neuronal loss in the …

[HTML][HTML] Examining the role of the noradrenergic locus coeruleus for predicting attention and brain maintenance in healthy old age and disease: an MRI structural …

ERG Plini, E O'Hanlon, R Boyle, F Sibilia, G Rikhye… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The noradrenergic theory of Cognitive Reserve (Robertson, 2013–2014) postulates that the
upregulation of the locus coeruleus—noradrenergic system (LC–NA) originating in the …

Differential response of the central noradrenergic nervous system to the loss of locus coeruleus neurons in Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease

PJ McMillan, SS White, A Franklin, JL Greenup… - Brain research, 2011 - Elsevier
In Parkinson's disease (PD), there is a significant loss of noradrenergic neurons in the locus
coeruleus (LC) in addition to the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra (SN) …

Locus coeruleus MRI contrast is associated with cortical thickness in older adults

SL Bachman, MJ Dahl, M Werkle-Bergner, S Düzel… - Neurobiology of …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is growing evidence that neuronal integrity of the noradrenergic locus coeruleus (LC)
is important for later-life cognition. Less understood is how LC integrity relates to brain …

The locus ceruleus norepinephrine system: functional organization and potential clinical significance

EE Benarroch - Neurology, 2009 - AAN Enterprises
The locus ceruleus (LC) contains norepinephrine (NE)-synthesizing neurons that send
diffuse projections throughout the CNS. The LC-NE system has a major role in arousal …

Mitochondrial oxidant stress in locus coeruleus is regulated by activity and nitric oxide synthase

J Sanchez-Padilla, JN Guzman, E Ilijic… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Loss of noradrenergic locus coeruleus (LC) neurons is a prominent feature of aging-related
neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease (PD). The basis of this …

Locus coeruleus in memory formation and Alzheimer's disease

T James, B Kula, S Choi, SS Khan… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Catecholamine neurons of the locus coeruleus (LC) in the dorsal pontine tegmentum
innervate the entire neuroaxis, with signaling actions implicated in the regulation of …