gray matter

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Some evidence suggests a partial recovery of gray matter volume postmenopause, potentially reflecting compensatory neuroplastic processes.

From Science Daily • Oct. 21, 2025

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

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

And the three pounds of gray matter he carried around in his skull served him well in the classroom.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown