White matter/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Nervous system [r]: The control unit of bodily functions in animals. ^[e]
• Brain [r]: The core unit of a central nervous system. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Myelination [r]: The process by which specialized glial cells ensheath the axons of nerve cells with myelin. ^[e]
• Axon [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Grey matter [r]: A subset of brain tissue that contains few myelinated axons but the somas of nerve cells, as well as glia and endothelial structures. ^[e]
• Fiber tracking [r]: A set of techniques used to visualize nerve fibres along all their length. ^[e]
• Neuron [r]: An excitable cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses. ^[e]
• Glia [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Nerve [r]: A bundle of nerve fibres that connects the central nervous system with other organs in an animal body. ^[e]
• Neuroimaging [r]: A group of techniques used to visualize structure and function of nervous systems, especially the vertebrate brain. ^[e]
• Diffusion tensor imaging [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Neuroanatomy [r]: The branch of anatomy that studies the anatomical organization of the nervous system. ^[e]
• Brain morphometry [r]: The quantitative study of structures in the brain, their differences between individuals, correlations with brain function, and changes of these characteristics over time. ^[e]
• Histology [r]: The study of the structure and function of biological tissues. ^[e]
• Cerebral cortex [r]: External tissue layer within the vertebrate brain, ensheathed by the pia mater; home to the nerve cell bodies; important in learning and dementia. ^[e]
• Gyrification [r]: The folding process during brain development, or the extent of folding. ^[e]
• Brain size [r]: Umbrella term for various measures of how big a brain is. ^[e]
• Cortical connectivity [r]: The degree to which different subunits of the cerebral cortex are linked to each other via nerve fibres. ^[e]