What Is the Role of the Locus Coeruleus in Sleep, Cerebrovascular Control, and Glymphatic Clearance?
The locus coeruleus (LC) has a major role in mechanisms of arousal, attention, and emotional responses. Increasing evidence indicates that the LC also regulates sleep architecture and triggers phasic autonomic and hemodynamic events during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. Ultraslow oscillations of LC activity reduc...