gray matter
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AFM attacks motor neurons in the spinal cord’s gray matter, which controls movement.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024
"We looked at APOE4, which is a main genetic factor related to dementia, and it was not related to gray matter thickness at all," Satizabal said.
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 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
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
