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Gray Matter

"Gray Matter" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Region of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that appears darker in color than the other type, WHITE MATTER. It is composed of neuronal CELL BODIES; NEUROPIL; GLIAL CELLS and CAPILLARIES but few MYELINATED NERVE FIBERS.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Gray Matter" by people in this website by year, and whether "Gray Matter" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 24 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2018
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