The locus coeruleus is a nucleus that controls attention, memory and alertness, but a study shows that it seems to weaken in later years. Older adults appear more easily distracted by irrelevant ...

Andrew Luskin conducted research on the brain's peri-locus coeruleus neurons while he was a UW Medicine neuroscience Ph.D. student. A small cluster of cells deep within our brains, called the locus ...

Neural activity in the noradrenergic locus coeruleus correlates with periods of wakefulness and arousal. However, it is unclear whether tonic or phasic activity in these neurons is necessary or ...

The locus coeruleus is emerging as a major new area of research interest, with many important functions such as regulating our attention and sleep. Anyone with insomnia knows the impatience and ...

Tau aggregation begins not in the cortex, but in the brainstem. Does tangle deposition in the locus coeruleus, which often starts in a person’s 30s, presage Alzheimer’s disease? In the September 22 ...

Researchers at the University of Lausanne have identified a novel role for the brain's 'locus coeruleus' in sleep and its disruptions. This brain region facilitates the transition between NREM and REM ...

The locus coeruleus is a norepinephrine-producing hub located in the pons (Latin for "bridge") region of the brainstem. Source: Diego69/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Accomplishing goals that require ...

The locus coeruleus is a region of the brain that is instrumental in coordinating our mental processing and is the primary source of noradrenaline in the brain, which acts to regulate arousal states ...

Life may unfold as a continuous stream, but our memories tell a different story. We do not recall the past as one long, unbroken text. Instead, we remember it as a series of meaningful events, like ...

Place a finger on the back of your skull, at a point roughly level with the tops of your ears. Here, deep beneath the hair, skin and bone, near a fluid-filled cavity in the root of your brain, lies a ...