Category Archives: Locus coeruleus

Hippocampal neuron and astrocyte responses to noradrenaline and natural arousal

Posted on February 5, 2026 by P.T.R. Rupprecht

Over the past few years, I worked with Sian Duss, a very skilled and talented PhD student in the lab of Johannes Bohacek, to dissect the role of noradrenaline release in the hippocampus. I’m very excited that the manuscript describing … Continue reading →

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Annual report of my intuition about the brain (2025, part III)

Posted on January 3, 2026 by P.T.R. Rupprecht

How does the brain work, and how can we understand it? To approach this big question from a broad perspective, I want to report on some ideas about the brain that marked me most over the past twelve months and that, on the … Continue reading →

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I never meant to study the brainstem

Posted on September 25, 2025 by P.T.R. Rupprecht

I was recently invited to contribute a guest post on Substack by Vijay Iyer – some years ago one of the main developers of ScanImage in the lab of Karel Svoboda, and more recently a strong advocate for ME/CFS awareness … Continue reading →

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