An autopsy is done for an 82-year-old man who has died after having a brainstem stroke. During the autopsy, there is destruction in a group of pigmented neurons in the posterior rostral pons, at the lateral floor of the fourth ventricle. These neurons function to release which of the following compounds?

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Eductional Objective: Norepinephrine is released from the locus ceruleus into the other parts of the central nervous system. It controls mood, arousal, sleep-wake system autonomic nervous system, and cognition. The locus ceruleus is found in the brainstem in the posterior rostral pons at the lateral floor of the fourth ventricle.

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