locus ceruleus http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Gray709.png BTO:0001408 nucleus loci caerulei BIRNLEX:905 blue nucleus TODO - check ZFA/pons. also GO says part of dorsorostral pons caerulean nucleus EMAPA:35502 locus cinereus BM:Pons-LC loci coeruleus GAID:577 substantia ferruginea locus caeruleus nucleus pigmentosus pontis locus coeruleus HBA:9148 BAMS:LC The locus ceruleus is a dense cluster of neurons within the dorsorostral pons. This nucleus is the major location of neurons that release norepinephrine throughout the brain, and is responsible for physiological responses to stress and panic[GO]. Bluish region in the superior angle of the fourth ventricle floor, corresponding to melanin-like pigmented nerve cells which lie lateral to the ponto-mesencephalic central gray (griseum centrale). It is also known as nucleus pigmentosus pontis[GAID]. MA:0001017 ZFA:0000539 DHBA:12819 UBERON:0002148 UMLS:C0023951 nucleus of locus caeruleus uberon nucleus caeruleus DMBA:16972 TAO:0000539 NCIT:C97333 locus coeruleu EFO:0001963 MESH:D008125 BAMS:CAE FMA:72478 locus coeruleus (Vicq d'Azyr) http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=583 MBA:147 brainstem nucleus hindbrain nucleus