Scientists believe the locus coeruleus is the brain region most vulnerable to the physical changes caused by Alzheimer’s disease, with signs of the illness possibly appearing years — or even ...

Researchers have mapped age-related changes in the brain’s locus coeruleus (LC), a region linked to cognition and Alzheimer’s risk, by tracking neuromelanin, a pigment that gives it its signature blue ...

In a demographically diverse sample of healthy people, Cornell researchers found dramatic changes over the human lifespan in ...

"Over the course of a year ... It has to do with a tiny bundle of blue-tinged neurons in the brainstem called the locus coeruleus. According to new research, this structure acts like a gear ...