Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 19, 2024
Id http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID7156
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Preferred Name

locus coeruleus

Definitions
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. [MeSH]
Synonyms
nucleus of locus caeruleus
caerulean nucleus
locus ceruleus
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