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[Latin, Place; place where a thing is performed or done.] For example, the locus delicti is the place where an accident or crime occurred. locus (low-cuss) n. Latin for "place," it means "place which" this or that occurred. LOCUS. The place where a thing is done. |
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It especially affects two brain regions: the cerebral cortex--involved in mood, cognition, and perception--and the locus ceruleus, which receives sensory signals. In stress, the locus ceruleus fires more rapidly and delivers the arousal-producing neurotransmitter norepinephrine to many diverse regions in the brain. Although the pigmented locus ceruleus region of the brain also contains neuromelanin, it is largely immune to the cell-destroying effects of low doses of MPTP. |
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