Challenges and Perspectives of Mapping Locus Coeruleus Activity in the Rodent with High-Resolution fMRI

Challenges and Perspectives of Mapping Locus Coeruleus Activity in the Rodent with High-Resolution fMRI

The locus coeruleus (LC) is one of the most commonly studied brainstem nuclei when investigating brain–behavior associations. The LC serves as a major brainstem relay for both ascending bottom-up and descending top-down projections. Specifically, noradrenergic (NA) LC neurons not only connect global...

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Main Authors: Xiaoqing Alice Zhou, Yuanyuan Jiang, Vitaly Napadow, Xin Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Series:Brain Sciences
Subjects:
locus coeruleus
fMRI
rodent brain
brainstem
single-vessel fMRI
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/8/1085

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