gray matter

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Both were strongly associated with gray matter loss, faster brain aging, cognitive decline, and a higher risk of neurological disease.

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024

The animals were, essentially, processing what just happened, allowing their tiny nuggets of gray matter to drift along and make sense of these curious humans’ images.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2024

This includes the gray matter, which helps with processing information, and the white matter, which connects different brain regions, as well as the hippocampus, important for memory.

From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023

And the three pounds of gray matter he carried around in his skull served him well in the classroom.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown