Longest mouse brain axon ever reconstructed: 70 centimeters long.
With a soma in the Locus Coeruleus, this neuron releases norepinephrine over most of the brain but specifically skips the cerebellum, brainstem, and spinal cord.
Very readable and accurate press release: https://alleninstitute.org/news/out-of-the-blue-and-into-the-rest-of-the-brain
The paper:
"Topographic structure and function of locus coeruleus noradrenaline neurons", Su et al. 2026 (Jeremiah Cohen's lab)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11026-0
#neuroscience #mouse #norepinephrine
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