Usually means: Brain region, critical for arousal.
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  1. locus coeruleus: Merriam-Webster
  2. locus coeruleus: Wiktionary
  3. locus coeruleus: Dictionary.com
  4. Locus coeruleus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. locus coeruleus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  4. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)
  5. Locus coeruleus: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (locus coeruleus)

noun:  (neurology) A small nucleus, located bilaterally in the pons, which contains norepinephrine and has projections to most of the brain.

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