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Spontaneous locus coeruleus bursts coincide withtransient global brain state changes similar to thoseelicited by surprise
Richard Somervail, Mingyu Yang, Gian Domenico Iannetti, Oxana Eschenko
The paper shows that spontaneous bursts from the locus coeruleus (LC) in rats produce ECoG responses similar to those from sensory stimuli, suggesting LC drives transient brain state changes.
DOI 10.64898/2026.05.19.726177