white matter
Brain's pale regions
White matter is the paler tissue of the brain and spinal cord, consisting mainly of nerve fibers sheathed in myelin—the fatty substance that gives it its whitish appearance.
These fibers transmit signals between different regions of gray matter, where the actual processing occurs.
The MRI showed damage to the white matter.
Areas of damaged tissue
- multiple sclerosisAutoimmune demyelinating neurological disease
- demyelinationNerve sheath degradation
- neurodegenerationProgressive loss of neurons
- encephalopathyDisease impairing brain function
traumatic brain injury · edema · infarct · MRI · neuroimaging · atrophy
Lipid layer around axons
- saltatory conductionImpulse jumping between myelin gaps
- demyelinationNerve sheath degradation
- multiple sclerosisAutoimmune demyelinating neurological disease
- lipidsWater-insoluble biomolecules
Brain's communication routes
- tractsAreas or pamphlets
- neurocircuitryBrain's network of connections
- interhemisphericBetween two half-spheres
- fornixArched anatomical structure
Neuron's signal-sending projection
- myelinNerve fiber insulation
- gliaNon-neuronal brain cells
- neurogliaSupportive nervous system cells
- cerebrumBrain's largest division
cerebellum · brainstem · cortex · corpus callosum · ventricle · meninges · central nervous system · subcortical
lesions
Areas of damaged tissue
- multiple sclerosisAutoimmune demyelinating neurological disease
- demyelinationNerve sheath degradation
- neurodegenerationProgressive loss of neurons
encephalopathy · traumatic brain injury · edema · infarct · MRI · neuroimaging · atrophy
myelin sheath
Lipid layer around axons
- saltatory conductionImpulse jumping between myelin gaps
- demyelinationNerve sheath degradation
- multiple sclerosisAutoimmune demyelinating neurological disease
neural pathways
Brain's communication routes
- tractsAreas or pamphlets
- neurocircuitryBrain's network of connections
- interhemisphericBetween two half-spheres
axon
Neuron's signal-sending projection
cerebrum · cerebellum · brainstem · cortex · corpus callosum · ventricle · meninges · central nervous system · subcortical · commissure
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- brain regionscerebrum, frontal lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe
- neuro termsneural, neuronal, cerebral, cortical, synaptic
- braincerebrum, cerebellum, cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus
- tissuesadipose, neural tissue, cardiac tissue, fibrous tissue, bone
white mattergray matter
Brain's cognitive tissue
grey matter · cerebral cortex · cortex · basal ganglia · thalamus
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