Locus Coeruleus

[Dag Stenberg]

peter webster (pwebster at vignes.win.net) wrote:

} What would be the likely result of removing the locus coeruleus in 
} 1.a rat, 2. in  man?  Has this ever been performed on a rat or monkey?
}                                         Thanks,   pw.

The LC has been destroyed by various means in adult (e.g. Jouvet M et al.)
and neonatal animals (Adrien J et al.). In the latter case, behavioral
and neurochemical consequences were minimal. Do a Medline for the '60s-'70s.


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