white matter
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white matter (uncountable)
(neuroanatomy) A region of the central nervous system containing myelinated nerve fibres and no dendrites
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A 2009 paper by Jan Scholz and colleagues citation used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to demonstrate changes in white matter volume as a result of learning a new motor task (e.g. juggling).
About 70% of survivors show residual neurological deficits, but some survivors have shown surprisingly little deficit considering the magnitude of the white matter affected.
A dissected human brain, showing grey matter and white matter If the brain of a vertebrate is extracted and sliced into thin sections, some parts of each section appear dark and other parts lighter in color.
Almost half of the patients with optic neuritis have white matter lesions consistent with multiple sclerosis.
A large amount of white matter is found in the right hemisphere of the brain, including the region of the superior temporal gyrus.
Adverse neuroplastic changes to brain microvasculature and white matter also occur in humans using low doses of MDMA.