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pericoeruleus

pericoeruleus adjective: surrounding the locus coeruleus.

Adjective

pericoeruleus (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding the locus coeruleus
    • A previous study has shown a group of loosely distributed GAD-positive neurons in the peri-LC dendritic area in rats, which was named the pericoeruleus neurons [14 ].2016 January 20, “Identification of a Group of GABAergic Neurons in the Dorsomedial Area of the Locus Coeruleus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of pericoeruleus

From peri- + Latin coeruleus.

Questions about pericoeruleus

What does pericoeruleus mean?
Pericoeruleus means surrounding the locus coeruleus.
What part of speech is pericoeruleus?
Pericoeruleus is an adjective.

Words near pericoeruleus in the dictionary

  1. pericloacal
  2. periclot
  3. Perico
  4. Pericoe
  5. pericoerulear
  6. pericoeruleus
  7. pericoital
  8. pericoitally
  9. pericolic
  10. pericolitis
  11. pericollateral

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