ArticleNeuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2022
Associations among locus coeruleus catecholamines, tau pathology, and memory in aging.
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Abstract
The locus coeruleus (LC) is the brain's major source of the neuromodulator norepinephrine, and is also profoundly vulnerable to the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD)-related tau pathology. Norepinephrine plays a role in neuroprotective functions that may reduce AD progression, and also underlies optimal memory performance. Successful maintenance of LC neurochemical function represents a candidate mechanism of protection against the propagation of AD-related pathology and may facilitate the preservation of memory performance despite pathology. Using [
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