"Locus Coeruleus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Bluish region in the superior angle of the fourth ventricle floor, corresponding to melanin-like pigmented nerve cells which lie lateral to the ponto-mesencephalic central gray (griseum centrale). It is also known as nucleus pigmentosus pontis.
| Descriptor ID |
D008125
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.659.473 A08.186.211.132.810.428.600.500 A08.186.211.653.473 A08.186.211.865.428.600.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Locus Coeruleus- Locus Coeruleus
- Locus Ceruleus
- Nucleus Pigmentosus Pontis
- Pontis, Nucleus Pigmentosus
- Locus Caeruleus
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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