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Gray-White Matter Differences

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Chemical Architecture of the Nervous System

Abstract

Gross anatomical inspection of the central nervous system (CNS) reveals that the shape taken by different parts is dependent upon accumulation of nerve cells referred to as nuclei, ganglia, or gray matter and bundles of nerve fibers referred to as tracts, funiculi, fasciculi, peduncles, commissures, or white matter. This old definition and differentiation between gray and white matter, based upon gross anatomical differences, still seems to be useful today, especially in approaching the physiological and pathological function of CNS. The gray and white matter will be discussed below in terms of cellular and chemical differences.

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