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

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 • Dec. 3, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024

It revealed that individuals who reported watching sports more frequently exhibited greater gray matter volume in regions associated with reward circuits, suggesting that regular sports viewing may gradually induce changes in brain structures.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2024

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