gray matter
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Neuroscientists typically ascribe consciousness and abstract thought to the cerebral cortex, which evolved later in human evolution and wraps around the brain's outer layer in folded gray matter.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024
The results showed that lower pulmonary gas exchange may be associated with cognitive dysfunction, as well as lower gray matter and white matter volumes in patients with long COVID.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024
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
It’s the proverbial gray matter, the most evolved part, he explains, the part that makes us human.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
