Locus Coeruleus
stress and panic reponse center
Common Themes
Videos Mentioning Locus Coeruleus
Dr. Gina Poe: Use Sleep to Enhance Learning, Memory & Emotional State | Huberman Lab Podcast
Andrew Huberman
A 'blue spot' in the brain containing norepinephrine neurons, crucial for attention, stress response, and the erasure of synapses during REM sleep.
Adderall, Stimulants & Modafinil for ADHD: Short- & Long-Term Effects
Andrew Huberman
A small nucleus of neurons in the brainstem responsible for manufacturing and widely releasing norepinephrine throughout the brain to increase alertness and focus.
Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman
Andrew Huberman
A brain region that projects widely throughout the brain, influencing mood, where specific inspiratory-modulated cells from the pre-Botzinger complex project.
Erasing Fears & Traumas Based on the Modern Neuroscience of Fear
Andrew Huberman
A brain structure that generates arousal by releasing Adrenaline, Epinephrine, and Norepinephrine into the brain, contributing to alertness during a threat response.
Sleep Toolkit: Tools for Optimizing Sleep & Sleep-Wake Timing
Andrew Huberman
A cluster of neurons in the brain that releases adrenaline/epinephrine in response to cold exposure, contributing to wakefulness.
Optimize & Control Your Brain Chemistry to Improve Health & Performance | Huberman Lab Podcast #80
Andrew Huberman
A brain structure that releases epinephrine throughout the brain, highly coupled with physical behaviors in a reciprocal way.
How to Build Endurance in Your Brain & Body
Andrew Huberman
A group of neurons in the brainstem that churns out epinephrine (adrenaline), acting as an alertness signal for the entire brain, and implicated in the decision to persist or quit.
Understand & Improve Memory Using Science-Based Tools
Andrew Huberman
A brain area in the back of the brain that'sprinklers the rest of the brain with neuromodulators like epinephrine and norepinephrine, inducing alertness.
How Foods and Nutrients Control Our Moods
Andrew Huberman
An area in the brainstem that releases norepinephrine (adrenaline), contributing to alertness and anxiety, particularly as one approaches food.
Dr. Rhonda Patrick Returns | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A region in the brain where norepinephrine is released in response to cold stress.
How to Rewire Your Brain & Learn Faster | Dr. Michael Kilgard
Andrew Huberman
A brain area that releases norepinephrine, important for attention and arousal. Similar to nucleus basalis, its stimulation can induce neuroplastic changes.
Dr. Andy Galpin: Optimal Nutrition & Supplementation for Fitness | Huberman Lab Guest Series
Andrew Huberman
A brainstem area involved in alertness, receiving signals from mechanosensors in the bladder, contributing to anxiety-like symptoms when the bladder is full and waking us up at night to urinate.