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ArticleBrain sciences2021

Locus Coeruleus Optogenetic Modulation: Lessons Learned from Temporal Patterns.

Carolyn W Harley, Qi Yuan

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Article in Brain sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Daily heart rate variability biofeedback training decreases locus coeruleus MRI contrast in younger adults in a randomized clinical trial.International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology · 2023
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  4. Maternal separation disrupts noradrenergic control of adult coping behaviors.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Carolyn W HarleyPsychology Department, Faculty of Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1B 3X9, Canada.
Qi YuanBiomedical Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9837-8495

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

After reviewing seminal studies using optogenetics to interrogate the functional role of the locus coeruleus in behavior, we conclude that differences in firing rates and firing patterns of locus coeruleus neurons contribute to locus coeruleus nucleus heterogeneity by recruiting different output circuitry, and differentially modifying behavior. The outcomes initiated by different optogenetic input activation patterns and frequencies can have opposite consequences for behavior, activate different neurons in the same target structure, be supported by distinct adrenoceptors and vary with behavioral state.

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Identifiers

PMID34942924
PMCPMC8699422

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