Localization of the Locus Coeruleus in the Mouse BrainKatharina Schmidt 1, Bilal Bari 2, Martina Ralle 3, Clorissa Washington-Hughes 1, Abigael Muchenditsi 1, Evan Maxey 4, Svetlana Lutsenko 1
1Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 2Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, 3Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, OHSU, 4X-ray science division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
The locus coeruleus is a small cluster of neurons involved in a variety of physiological processes. Here, we describe a protocol to prepare mouse brain sections for studies of proteins and metals in this nucleus.