Depiction of Gray and White Matter in the Brain (IMAGE)

University of Missouri-Columbia

Depiction of Gray and White Matter in the Brain

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Gray matter is located on the surface of the cerebral cortex and also includes deep brain structures such as the thalamus and basal ganglia. White matter is located beneath the gray matter of the cerebral cortex and comprises long neural pathways which are responsible for transferring information between gray matter regions where the processing of information occurs.

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Shawn Christ

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