gray matter

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Interestingly, some findings suggest that gray matter volume may partially recover after menopause, hinting at the brain's ability to adapt through neuroplasticity.

From Science Daily • Oct. 21, 2025

AFM attacks motor neurons in the spinal cord’s gray matter, which controls movement.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024

"A person's gray matter thickness might be analyzed as a percentile of the thickness of healthy people for that age."

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2024

Could the MRI gray matter biomarker be used widely someday?

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2024

It took my altitude-impaired gray matter a minute or two to comprehend that the object was a human body.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer