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*Literally means ''blue spot''. | *Literally means ''blue spot''. | ||
*Location: adjacent to midline + anterior to 4th ventricle. | *Location: adjacent to midline + anterior to 4th ventricle. | ||
Microscopic features: | Microscopic features: | ||
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*Pale in [[Parkinson disease]] due to neuronal loss.<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_677>{{Ref PCPBoD8|677}}</ref> | *Pale in [[Parkinson disease]] due to neuronal loss.<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_677>{{Ref PCPBoD8|677}}</ref> | ||
====Images==== | |||
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Image:Locus_ceruleus_-_very_low_mag.jpg | Locus ceruleus (LC) - very low mag. (WC) | |||
Image:Locus_ceruleus_-_high_mag.jpg | LC - high mag. (WC) | |||
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*[http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/File:Bouret_LC_anat2.jpg LC - labeled on MRI - (scholarpedia.org)]. | |||
*[http://www.med.univ-rennes1.fr/etud/pharmaco/media/locussag.jpg LC - labeled on MRI (univ-rennes1.fr)].<ref>URL: [http://www.med.univ-rennes1.fr/etud/pharmaco/media/alzheimerGB.htm#Locus%20coeruleus http://www.med.univ-rennes1.fr/etud/pharmaco/media/alzheimerGB.htm#Locus%20coeruleus]. Accessed on: 4 December 2010.</ref> | |||
==Medulla oblongata== | ==Medulla oblongata== |
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