part of part_of part of part_of locus ceruleus BAMS:CAE BAMS:LC BM:Pons-LC BTO:0001408 DHBA:12819 DMBA:16972 EFO:0001963 EMAPA:35502 FMA:72478 GAID:577 HBA:9148 MA:0001017 MBA:147 MESH:D008125 NCIT:C97333 TAO:0000539 TODO - check ZFA/pons. also GO says part of dorsorostral pons 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]. UBERON:0002148 UMLS:C0023951 ZFA:0000539 blue nucleus caerulean nucleus http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=583 loci coeruleus locus caeruleus locus cinereus locus coeruleu locus coeruleus locus coeruleus (Vicq d'Azyr) nucleus caeruleus nucleus loci caerulei nucleus of locus caeruleus nucleus pigmentosus pontis substantia ferruginea uberon pontine tegmentum brainstem nucleus hindbrain nucleus