Brain Byte

Gray Matter

  • Published10 Oct 2019
  • Source BrainFacts/SfN

Gray matter is a component of the brain named for the color it appears.

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brain byte of gray matter
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Design by Adrienne Tong.

Image "T1-weighted-MRI" by Mim.cis - Johns Hopkins University (public domain)

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