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

Frankly, the film has so little on its mind in general that if a butcher’s cleaver slammed through its skull, it would strike cotton candy instead of gray matter.

From Salon

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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times