Videoblog: Mapping and investigating an unknown brain structure

October 06, 2020 • 1 min read

In our era we try to discover and unfold unknown space structures but Daphne Tona investigates mysteries in our brains. The locus coeruleus is a small structure deep inside the brain, which is responsible for the norepinephrine system. This system is important since it influences our everyday lives.

Daphne Tona conducted this research for her PhD trajectory and talks about this process and her findings in the following videoblog.

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