pericoeruleus

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adjective

Surrounding the locus coeruleus

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivepericoeruleus (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSurrounding the locus coeruleus

    A previous study has shown a group of loosely distributed GAD-positive neurons in the peri-LC dendritic area in rats, which was named the pericoeruleus neurons [14 ].

    2016 January 20, “Identification of a Group of GABAergic Neurons in the Dorsomedial Area of the Locus Coeruleus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

  1. Latincoeruleus
  2. Englishpericoeruleus

From peri- + Latin coeruleus.

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APA

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Chicago

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