The role of noradrenaline in cognition and cognitive disorders

N Holland, TW Robbins, JB Rowe - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Many aspects of cognition and behaviour are regulated by noradrenergic projections to the
forebrain originating from the locus coeruleus, acting through alpha and beta …

[HTML][HTML] Locus coeruleus norepinephrine in learned behavior: anatomical modularity and spatiotemporal integration in targets

V Breton-Provencher, GT Drummond… - Frontiers in Neural …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The locus coeruleus (LC), a small brainstem nucleus, is the primary source of the
neuromodulator norepinephrine (NE) in the brain. The LC receives input from widespread …

The locus coeruleus broadcasts prediction errors across the cortex to promote sensorimotor plasticity

R Jordan, GB Keller - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Prediction errors are differences between expected and actual sensory input and are
thought to be key computational signals that drive learning related plasticity. One way that …

When the locus coeruleus speaks up in sleep: recent insights, emerging perspectives

A Osorio-Forero, N Cherrad, L Banterle… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
For decades, numerous seminal studies have built our understanding of the locus coeruleus
(LC), the vertebrate brain's principal noradrenergic system. Containing a numerically small …

A role for the locus coeruleus in hippocampal CA1 place cell reorganization during spatial reward learning

AM Kaufman, T Geiller, A Losonczy - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
During spatial learning, hippocampal (HPC) place maps reorganize to represent new goal
locations, but little is known about the circuit mechanisms facilitating these changes. Here …

Locus coeruleus-norepinephrine modulation of sensory processing and perception: A focused review

J McBurney-Lin, J Lu, Y Zuo, H Yang - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2019 - Elsevier
The locus coeruleus-norepinephrine (LC-NE) system is involved in many brain functions
and neurological disorders. In this review we discuss how LC-NE signaling affects the …

The computational, pharmacological, and physiological determinants of sensory learning under uncertainty

RP Lawson, J Bisby, CL Nord, N Burgess, G Rees - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
The ability to represent and respond to uncertainty is fundamental to human cognition and
decision-making. Noradrenaline (NA) is hypothesized to play a key role in coordinating the …

The role of the locus coeruleus in shaping adaptive cortical melodies

G Wainstein, EJ Müller, N Taylor, B Munn… - Trends in Cognitive …, 2022 - cell.com
Neural dynamics are shaped and constrained by the projections of a small nucleus in the
pons: the noradrenergic locus coeruleus (LC). Much like a bow to the brain's violin, activity in …

[HTML][HTML] The locus coeruleus mediates behavioral flexibility

J McBurney-Lin, G Vargova, M Garad, E Zagha… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Behavioral flexibility is the ability to adjust behavioral strategies in response to changing
environmental contingencies. A major hypothesis in the field posits that the activity of …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in understanding the auditory cortex

AJ King, S Teki, BDB Willmore - F1000Research, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Our ability to make sense of the auditory world results from neural processing that begins in
the ear, goes through multiple subcortical areas, and continues in the cortex. The specific …