How to Use locus coeruleus in a Sentence

locus coeruleus

noun

• The hormone then travels to the locus coeruleus, a cluster of neurons in the brainstem that governs arousal.
  — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
• The hormone then travels to the locus coeruleus, a cluster of neurons in the brainstem that governs arousal.
  — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
• The locus coeruleus and Alzheimer’s disease The locus coeruleus sits in the brain stem, the lowest part of the brain.
  — Elizabeth Riley, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
• This has led researchers to hypothesize that keeping the locus coeruleus healthy could be a way to protect the rest of the brain, too.
  — Elizabeth Riley, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
• Some forms of vagus nerve stimulation neither turn up nor turn down locus coeruleus activity.
  — Elizabeth Riley, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
• The locus coeruleus plays a crucial role in multiple aspects of basic human functioning.
  — Elizabeth Riley, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
• Tau buildup, cell death and loss of function in the locus coeruleus precedes and predicts Alzheimer’s diagnosis and symptoms.
  — Elizabeth Riley, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
• In fact, a hyperactive locus coeruleus fuels some symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
  — Elizabeth Riley, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
• Once repair is complete, growth hormone activates a brainstem region called the locus coeruleus, which gently nudges you toward waking.
  — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
• Studies suggest that starting in middle age, nerve cells in the locus coeruleus may get damaged by tau buildup, and that damage may correlate with declines in memory.
  — Elizabeth Riley, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
• The researchers also discovered a feedback loop between GH and a brainstem hub called the locus coeruleus, which functions to keep us alert.
  — New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2025
• In the earliest of these changes, a tangled version of a protein called tau starts building up in a tiny region deep in the brain involved in sleep, attention and alertness, called the locus coeruleus.
  — Elizabeth Riley, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
• Even before the discovery of locus coeruleus’s link to Alzheimer’s disease, researchers hypothesized that vagus nerve stimulation might help mood and thinking in people with the condition.
  — Elizabeth Riley, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
• The medication also dramatically suppressed activity in the locus coeruleus, an area involved in withdrawal and aversion.
  — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
• When vertebrate animals are startled, neurons in a brainstem region called the locus coeruleus release norepinephrine, a neuromodulator associated with arousal, along fibers that fan out across the brain.
  — Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
• Emerging research from my lab and others is investigating the idea that a therapy called vagus nerve stimulation, which is already widely used for other health conditions, could be one way of keeping the locus coeruleus functioning properly.
  — Elizabeth Riley, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
• These different findings have led researchers to suggest that vagus nerve stimulation could act as an effective regulator for the locus coeruleus, enabling it to establish just the right level of activity for optimal functioning.
  — Elizabeth Riley, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026