More than Meets the Eye: the Relationship between Pupil Size and Locus Coeruleus Activity
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.12.031
More than Meets the Eye: the Relationship between Pupil Size and Locus Coeruleus Activity
Abstract
Using both direct neural recordings and electrical microstimulation, Joshi et al. (2016) show that locus coeruleus (LC) activity closely matches moment-to-moment changes in pupil size. But what causes these two measures to be related is not straightforward.
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Relationships between Pupil Diameter and Neuronal Activity in the Locus Coeruleus, Colliculi, and Cingulate Cortex.Neuron. 2016 Jan 6;89(1):221-34. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.11.028. Epub 2015 Dec 17. Neuron. 2016. PMID: 26711118 Free PMC article.
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