gray matter
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Its inner region, called gray matter, contains nerve cell bodies along with astrocytes.
From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2026
AFM attacks motor neurons in the spinal cord’s gray matter, which controls movement.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024
Could the MRI gray matter biomarker be used widely someday?
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 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
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