white matter in English

noun
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the paler tissue of the brain and spinal cord, consisting mainly of nerve fibers with their myelin sheaths.
As well as major ‘ascending’ pathways carrying sensory information up to the corresponding regions of the cerebral cortex, the white matter of the brain stem and spinal cord also contains many tracts of fibres running downwards.
noun
    substantia alba

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1. Physically fit kids have Beefier brain white matter than their less-fit peers

2. Fifteen HIV positive patients were examined in parietal white matter by localized1H MR spectroscopy.

3. 23 The extensive white matter petechial hemorrhages seen here are typical for fat embolism syndrome.

4. Objective To study the influence of white matter anisotropic conductivity on scalp electric potential distribution.

5. Histologically all the cases showed some degree of abnormality of both the gray and the white matter.

6. Cingulum white matter in young women at risk of depression: the effect of family history and anhedonia

7. The Cingulum is an anatomical term used for a bundle of white-matter fibers found in the brain

8. Fibrous Astrocyte - star-shaped cells with long processes; found in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord.

9. The frontal Aslant tract (FAT) is a white matter fiber pathway connecting the superior frontal gyrus to the Broca area

10. Male Brains utilize nearly seven times more gray matter for activity while female Brains utilize nearly ten times more white matter

11. BACKGROUND: The frontal Aslant tract (FAT) is a white matter fiber pathway connecting the superior frontal gyrus to the Broca area

12. Cephalin: Any of a group of phospholipids having hemostatic properties and found especially in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord.

13. Conclusions The digital neurapophysis of cerebral white matter is a marker to locate functional areas of cerebral cortex on CT images of youth.

14. This area of the brain is called white matter , in contrast to the grey matter that makes up the rest of the brain .

15. Each of these hemispheres has an outer layer of grey matter, the cerebral cortex, that is supported by an inner layer of white matter.

16. Axons and their supporting cells make up the white matter, which has, for a long time, only been accessible to histological studies [7, 8]

17. The Cingulum bundle is a prominent white matter tract that interconnects frontal, parietal, and medial temporal sites, while also linking subcortical nuclei to the cingulate gyrus

18. Cruss is used routinely in infants born at less than 32 weeks to assess for any signs of intraventricular haemorrhage or ischaemic periventricular white matter damage

19. Figure Axial non contrast CT demonstrates symmetric low attenuation in the temporal-parietal white matter. Note involvement of the splenium of the corpus callosum (red arrows).

20. The Claustrum (plural: claustra) is a vertical curved sheet of subcortical grey matter oriented sagittally between the white matter tracts of the external capsule and extreme capsule

21. The Claustrum is a relatively thin layer of gray matter located between the white matter tracts of the external capsule and extreme capsule of the basal ganglia

22. Cephalin is found in all living cells, although in human physiology it is found particularly in nervous tissue such as the white matter of brain, nerves, neural tissue, and in spinal cord

23. Claustrum definition is - the one of the four basal ganglia in each cerebral hemisphere that consists of a thin lamina of gray matter separated from the lenticular nucleus by a layer of white matter.

24. •Anoxic brain injury is a common sequela of cardiac arrest •Common brain CT findings include loss of gray-white matter interface and hypoattenuation of basal ganglia and thalami •Therapeutic hypothermia can mitigate secondary injury

25. Commissural fibers of the brain, also known as commissural tracts of the brain or Commissures are a type of white matter tract that cross the midline, connecting the same cortical area in opposite hemispheres (right-left hemispheric connections 3).

26. Brain definition, the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions

27. Ataxic cerebral palsy is caused by damage to cerebellar structures, differentiating it from the other two forms of cerebral palsy, which are spastic cerebral palsy (damage to cortical motor areas and underlying white matter) and dyskinetic cerebral palsy (damage to basal ganglia).

28. The elements iron, copper, zinc, magnesium and calcium were quantitatively determined in several regions of the human brain, including frontal and occipital cortex, hippocampus, n. amygdalae, striatum, thalamus, pallidum, substantia nigra, n. ruber, n. dentatus, oliva inferior and centrum ovale (white matter).

29. 2.25).The Arcuate fasciculus is a white matter bundle that contains both long and short fibers that connect the frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes (Catani & Thiebaut de Schotten, 2008).The Arcuate plays a key role in the left hemisphere in language processing (Fig

30. Alterations in Cortical Thickness and White Matter Integrity in Mild-to-Moderate Communicating Hydrocephalic School-Aged Children Measured by Whole-Brain Cortical Thickness Mapping and DTI He et al., "Progressive reduction in Cortical thickness as psychosis develops: a multisite longitudinal neuroimaging study of youth at elevated clinical risk

31. Acute hemorrhagic encephalomyelitis (Ahem), also known as acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (AHLE), Hurst disease or Weston Hurst syndrome, is a very rare form of demyelinating disease.It occurs sporadically and may be considered as the most severe form of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) and is characterized by an acute rapidly progressive fulminant inflammation of the white matter.

32. Cingulum (brain), white matter fibers found in the brain Cingulum (tooth), a shelf at the margin of a tooth A type of groove encircling the theca of dinoflagellates; Cingulum (Catholicism), a rope belt used by monastic order such as the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg) Cingulum (Wicca), a ritual cord used in British

33. Frontal Aslant tract (FAT) microstructure and development The FAT is a newly described fiber tract that does not appear in earlier studies of white matter, but has been recently identified in adults ( Catani et al., 2012 , Catani et al., 2013 , Ford et al., 2010 , Kinoshita et al., 2014 , Klein et al., 2007 , Kronfeld-Duenias et al., 2014

34. Arsaw : Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficiency of the arylsulfatase A (ARSA) enzyme, which leads to the accumulation of sulfatides (both galactosyl and lactosyl sulfatide) in the white matter of the central nervous system, the peripheral nervous system, and to a lesser extent, in visceral organs including the kidney and gallbladder.