gray matter
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brain(s), brainpower, headpiece, intellect, intellectuality, intelligence, mentality, reason, sense, smarts
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As research into our mysterious gray matter continues to explode, scientists are getting ever closer to understanding what creates a calm, contented and happy brain. — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, "Want to live longer? Be an optimist, study says," 26 Aug. 2019 The first technique was standard 3D fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) imaging that allowed the team to calculate the volume of white and gray matter throughout each patientās brain. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Brain imaging weirdness adds to Cuba āhealth attackā mystery," 24 July 2019 Acute flaccid myelitis is a rare but serious condition that affects the nervous system -- specifically, the area of the spinal cord called gray matter. — Michael Nedelman, CNN, "11 cases of polio-like illness AFM confirmed in eight states in 2019, CDC says," 9 July 2019 In 2012, Sikela and collaborators used special tools to count the number of copies in healthy people and discovered that the more copies someone has, the larger their gray matter, the portion of the brain made up of nerve cells. — Quanta Magazine, "A Missing Genetic Link in Human Evolution," 2 Jan. 2014 Preserved inside a glass container filled with a solution of formaldehyde, the chunk of gray matter floats effortlessly, as though suspended in time. — Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian, "How One Museum Is Giving a Voice to Former Mental Health Patients," 2 July 2019 Returning to Earth helped the gray matter mostly bounce back but seemed to cause shrinkage in white matter, which connects parts of the brain. — National Geographic, "What happens to brains in space, and more breakthroughs," 12 June 2019 Paleoanthropologists are rethinking a basic idea about how our gray matter evolved. — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, "20 Things You Didn't Know About ... The Year in Science," 1 Jan. 2019 People who eat fish regularly also have more gray matter in the brain centers that control memory and emotion. — Orthocincy, Cincinnati.com, "Benefits of eating fish," 19 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gray matter.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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