How the brain's little blue dot regulates your sleep
The locus coeruleus is emerging as a major new area of research interest, with many important functions such as regulating ...
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The locus cœruleus regulates sleep cycles, but daytime stress can disrupt its activity. (IMAGE)
The study from UNIL shows that a brain region called the "locus coeruleus" (in green) plays an important role in regulating these cycles. The green trace on the left shows the fluctuating activity ...
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How the brain's little blue dot regulates your sleep
The locus coeruleus lies in the brain stem, just above the back of the neck – and contains around 50,000 cells, a tiny portion of the 86 billion neurons in the average central nervous system.