The noradrenergic nucleus locus coeruleus (LC) is a tiny cluster of cells located bilaterally in the pons just under the fourth ventricle. Despite its small size (it groups just 1,500 neurons on each ...

About four decades ago, Julius Axelrod proposed that reuptake is an important mechanism for inactivating neurotransmitters. The genes that code for the transporters that are responsible for monoamine ...