Impaired Phasic Discharge of Locus Coeruleus Neurons Based on Persistent High Tonic Discharge—A New Hypothesis With Potential Implications for Neurodegenerative Diseases
The locus coeruleus (LC) is a small brainstem nucleus with widely distributed noradrenergic projections to the whole brain, and loss of LC neurons is a prominent feature of age-related neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). This article d...
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-05-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neurology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2020.00371/full |