gray matter
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Superficial white matter forms a thin layer of nerve fibers directly beneath the gray matter covering the outside of the brain.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Using the MRI scans, they measured the volume of gray matter and white matter in each participant's brain while accounting for differences in overall brain size.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026
Participants who stopped practicing music showed declines in verbal working memory and a reduction in gray matter volume within the right putamen.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026
Its inner region, called gray matter, contains nerve cell bodies along with astrocytes.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2026
It took my altitude-impaired gray matter a minute or two to comprehend that the object was a human body.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
