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| | Chronic back pain shrinks 'thinking parts' of the brain, study finds |
 | | The researchers hypothesize that atrophy of brain circuitry involved in pain perception may dictate the properties of the pain state, such that as atrophy of elements of the circuitry progresses, the pain condition becomes more irreversible and less responsive to therapy. | | | In earlier research, Apkarian and colleagues found that back pain sustained for six months or longer is accompanied by abnormal brain chemistry, indicated by chemical changes in the area of the brain known to be important in making emotional assessments, including decision-making and for controlling social behavior. | | | The study, the first to examine brain changes in chronic pain conditions, was published in the Nov. 23 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. |
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-11/nu-cbp111504.php
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| | Gray Matter Damage In The Brain Of MS Patients Linked To Cognitive, Physical Deficits |
| | The finding concerning gray matter atrophy resulted from the researchers' work with a brain structure called the caudate nucleus, which is an important nerve center for controlling movement and cognitive processing. | | | Human Intelligence Determined By Volume And Location Of Gray Matter Tissue In Brain (July 20, 2004) -- General human intelligence appears to be based on the volume of gray matter tissue in certain regions of the brain, UC Irvine College of Medicine researchers have found in the most comprehensive... | | | "Traditionally, we thought MS was strictly a 'white matter disease,' involving the brain's neural pathways that allow various gray-matter structures to communicate with each other," said Rohit Bakshi, M.D., UB associate professor of neurology, first author on the new studies and founding director of the BNAC. |
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/10/031022062049.htm
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| | Genetic regional reductions of gray matter may be underlying cause of dyslexia |
| | PAUL, Minn. — Researchers in Italy have observed significant reductions of gray matter volume in areas of the brain associated with language processing among people with a family history of dyslexia in comparison with controls with no reading problems. | | | The study also was the first to account for variabilities in whole brain volume, age of the subjects and differences in brain shape. | | | "Our research showing reduced gray matter volume, including this region of the brain, adds further support to the effectiveness of intensive reading remediation therapy to correct the reading problems associated with dyslexia." |
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-08/aaon-grr081704.php
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| | Brain's Gray Matter Involved In Multiple Sclerosis |
| | The finding about gray matter resulted from their work with a brain structure situated deep in the gray matter called the caudate nucleus, which is an important nerve center for controlling movement and cognitive processing. | | | Bakshi's own research could point to one possible drug approach. | | | If these findings hold up through longitudinal studies, a treatment designed to prevent iron build-up could prove beneficial. |
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| | Bookreporter.com - Author Profile: Gary Braver |
| | As GRAY MATTER cautions, the medical enhancement of children's intelligence could open a Pandora's Box of social woes. | | | Braver shares his views on the ethics and moralities of genetic engineering and the overblown emphasis on IQ measurements in this interview with Bookreporter.com's Roberta O'Hara. | | | But instead of waiting weeks to use the material, I immediately lace the important stuff into a scene whose dramatic structure has already been determined, thus avoiding the temptation to pad. |
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http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/au-braver-gary.asp
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| | HealthScout-Consumer Health News, Information and Resources Updated Daily-Schizophrenia-Newer Schizophrenia Drug Stems ... |
| | The patients who lost gray matter, particularly from the brain's frontal lobe, exhibited greater cognitive problems when tested in verbal fluency, verbal learning and memory. | | | If our findings are confirmed, one could argue that we should treat new patients with atypical drugs like olanzapine, rather than older conventional medications such as haloperidol and chlorpromazine," Leiberman said. | | | To find more information on specific conditions, please visit our partner sites: |
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| | Molecular signature of late-stage human ALS revealed by expression profiling of postmortem spinal cord gray matter -- ... |
| | Molecular signature of late-stage human ALS revealed by expression profiling of postmortem spinal cord gray matter -- Dangond et al. | | | Molecular signature of late-stage human ALS revealed by expression profiling of postmortem spinal cord gray matter | | | Remarkably, QRT-PCR performed in an independent group of SALS whole spinal cord tissues also demonstrates OXA1Hs upregulation (i.e., OXA1Hs is not truly specific for the FALS subtype). |
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| | Chronic Back Pain May Shrink the Brain |
| | Also found in the spinal cord, "gray matter" refers to the darker-colored tissue of the brain, which is composed of the bodies of neurons. | | | Scientists Link Long-Lasting Pain With Reduced Levels of Gray Matter | | | CBP patients were divided into neuropathic and non-neuropathic subtypes, with neuropathic patients experiencing significant radiculopathy, with or without the presence of musculoskeletal pain. |
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| | CSIndy: Gray Matter (February 27, 2003) |
| | While these synopses are light-years from high concept, their capacity to engage and entertain, like other natural wonders, seems to defy casual explanation. | | | Gray describes one of his monologues, It's A Slippery Slope, as "finding my balance on skis to overcome my midlife crisis, learning to ski at 51, and having my first child." | | | Gray's subject matter is deeply personal and perhaps unappealing if judged solely by a cursory description. |
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| | Regional brain gray matter loss in heart failure -- Woo et al. 95 (2): 677 -- Journal of Applied Physiology |
| | Columnar organization in the midbrain periaqueductal gray and the integration of emotional expression. | | | gray extending to the dorsal and medial thalamus, was affected | | | Regions of reduced gray matter volume for insular and basal ganglia areas are shown for 9 heart failure (HF) patients, compared with 27 healthy controls, and are overlaid on an averaged anatomic image of all subjects. |
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| | About gray matter |
| | Accuracy did not seem to be affected, only speed. | | | Memory Guide > Articles > The nature of memory >Neurology > | | | This is consistent with a large-scale study of mental abilities in adults, that found that mental faculties were unchanged until the mid-40s, when a marked decline began and continued at a constant rate. |
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| | GRAY MATTER - Definition |
| | The portions of the brain and spinal cord which are gray and composed of the main bodies of neurons (called cytons). | | | This is in contrast to white matter, which is the portions that are white and composed of the axons and dendrites of neurons. | | | the darker-colored tissues of the central nervous system; in the brain, the gray matter includes the cerebral cortex, the thalamus, the basal ganglia, and the outer layers of the cerebellum. |
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| | MSNews Gray matter atrophy seen early in MS |
| | hollie writes "Although MS is traditionally thought of as a white matter disease, a new study in the journal "Brain" adds to the growing body of evidence concerning the importance of gray matter damage in MS. | | | This study provides more evidence that gray matter damage is important early on in MS, may occur independently of white matter effects, and therefore should be analyzed separately in studies assessing treatment efficacy, disease mechanisms, disability, and so on." | | | (Gray matter is the outer part of the brain, or cortex, where thought processing takes place. |
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http://www.bostoncure.org:8080/article.pl?sid=04/03/10/1215218&mode=nested
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| | Amazon.com: Books: Gray Matter |
| | The title of Braver's second novel refers to the brain, to be sure, but also to the gray areas of human morality, surgical ethics, and human relationships. | | | Braver's intriguing tale never stumbles; everything in it, no matter how appalling, fits in believably as Malenko lies about personality changes in enhanced children, sets parent against parent, and has potential whistleblowers and kids who "fail" his operations destroyed. | | | Gray Matter is one gut-wrenching plot twist after another, but most importantly it's a near real-life dilemma facing anyone with children today. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312876130?v=glance
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| | Product Information - Chelsea House Publishers |
| | Description: Examine the major aspects of the physiology and anatomy of the brain and central nervous system, as well as some of the processes for which the brain is responsible: sleep, addiction, laughter, and dreaming. | | | Written with a combination of curriculum-based information about the brain and how it works, and high-interest topics experienced in everyday life, Gray Matter: Exploring the Brain, features the kind of books that readers will pick up for research and read for pleasure. | | | Gray Matter: Exploring the Brain - NEW SERIES! |
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http://www.chelseahouse.com/c/@IHL4WlL4MJXNs/Pages/product.html?record@S38323
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| | Achtung Wolfenstein! - A 3DActionPlanet Hosted Site |
| | It has allowed us to tell our story in the manner we always dreamed of telling it. | | | When we first started, there were a number of different ideas regarding certain story elements, plot points and characters, but the underlying story has always remained the same. | | | Gray Matter: As I mentioned above, the production process on this game has been extremely collaborative. |
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| | Voice Literary Supplement: Gray Matter |
| | The perfunctory observation, in case report after case report, that the decedent "had no known psychiatric history and no known deviate behavior," reminds us that there's more dark matter in the human cranium than is dreamt of in the traditional novel. | | | Although it comprises a veritable galaxy in the cosmos of print media, invisible literature is nowhere to be found in general-interest bookstores and is never reviewed in mainstream book pages for the simple fact that no one thinks of this stuff as literature in the literary sense of the word. | | | This intellectual transparency has had a fringe benefit—or, more accurately, it has benefited the fringe, providing ready access to a mother lode of what the SF novelist J.G. Ballard calls "invisible literature"—medical textbooks, scientific journals, and other gray matter. |
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| | Paul Thompson's Research Publications |
| | The new study found that the first areas to mature (e.g., extreme front and back of the brain) are those with the most basic functions, such as processing the senses and movement. | | | Intriguingly, time-lapse movies of Alzheimer's disease showed the opposite anatomical sequence - the last brain regions to develop in childhood are the first to degenerate in dementia; and the earliest developing brain regions - controlling vision and sensation - are spared until the very latest stages of Alzheimer's disease. | | | After co-registering the scans with each other, using an intricate set of brain anatomical landmarks, they visualized the ebb and flow of gray matter - neurons and their branch-like extensions - in maps that, together, form the movie showing brain maturation from ages 5 to 20. |
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| | It seems that several of the agency's clients have received some packages of mysterious matter. | | | Your assignment will be to identify the contents of each package and find out if they are safe to open. | | | As an investigator of the Gray Matter Agency, you may work alone or |
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| | Impaired cerebral cortical gray matter growth after treatment with dexamethasone for neonatal chronic lung disease.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included) (Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics) | | | Human Intelligence Determined by Volume, Location of Gray Matter Tissue in Brain; Single 'Intelligence Center' in Brain Unlikely, UC Irvine Study Also Finds. | | | JAIL NO LAUGHING MATTER FOR GRAY (Wisconsin State Journal) |
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| | White Matter and Gray Matter a Matter of the Sexes MetaFilter |
| | Seriously, I think it's cool that they might work differently and still do pretty much the same things. | | | Humayun works at the Doheny Eye Institute, which mentions clinical testing for their retinal implant. | | | The reason that there isn't much of a diffrence in noticed intelegence is that the amount of neurons isn't a very good predictor of intelegence in humans. |
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| | GaryBraverHome |
| | "The title of Braver's...novel refers to the brain, to be sure, but also to the gray areas of human morality, surgical ethics, and human relationships....Braver's intriguing tale never stumbles; everything in it, no matter how appalling, fits in believably..Don't be surprised if Gray Matter tops several (nonmedical) charts. | | | "Gray Matter is one of those rare and stunning thrillers that not only made my pulse race; it also challenged my firmly held beliefs about human intelligence. | | | "Gray Matter trespasses in the frightening arena of possibility, made all the more frightening by the element of realism brought to the story by Braver's expert research and use of blood-curdling medical details.... |
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| | AllRefer.com - gray matter (Anatomy And Physiology) - Encyclopedia |
| | You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > Anatomy And Physiology > gray matter | | | AllRefer.com - gray matter (Anatomy And Physiology) - Encyclopedia | | | More articles from AllRefer Reference on gray matter |
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| | Activision Announces Acquisition of Gray Matter Interactive Studios |
| | Terms and conditions, including restrictions on redistribution, apply. | | | The company has proprietary technologies that can be used to create compelling first-person action entertainment experiences. | | | Under the terms of the agreement, Gray Matter Interactive Studios will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision. |
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| | “By working closely with Gray Matter and Nerve, we can simultaneously develop rich, fully-realized single and multiplayer experiences. | | | In addition to an action-packed story-driven single-player experience where players must infiltrate deep into the heart of the Third Reich, Return to Castle Wolfenstein’s multiplayer mode enlists gamers to hone their tactical skills in a series of combat scenarios. | | | Congratulations to Id Software, Gray Matter Interactive Studios, Nerve Software, Activision and everyone else who had a hand in creating this outstanding game! |
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| | Grey matter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Not to be confused with dark matter, a concept in theoretical physics. | | | Generally, grey matter can be understood as the parts of the brain responsible for information processing; whereas, white matter is responsible for information transmission. | | | Grey matter is the major part of the nervous system in which the nerve impulses for all kinds of mental functions are produced and then sent away to be carried to their target organs by white matter. |
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| | Grey matter -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | Generally, grey matter can be understood as the parts of the brain responsible for information processing; whereas, white matter is responsible for information transmission. | | | Grey matter is a category of (Tissue composed of neurons) nervous tissue with many nerve cell bodies and few myelinated (Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron) axons. | | | The (Anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans) cerebrum and the subcortical nuclei, such as the (The outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus) putamen and the (A tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain) caudate nucleus, are composed of grey matter. |
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| | Study is first to confirm link between exercise and changes in brain |
| | A second Kramer-led study -- a meta-analysis (comprehensive data review) of 18 previous studies -- that will be published in March in Psychological Science, suggests that older women, especially those on hormone-replacement therapy, benefit more cognitively than do men from increased physical activity as they age. | | | Gray matter consists of thin layers of tissue of cell bodies such as neurons and support cells that are critically involved in learning and memory. | | | Animal studies have found that aerobic exercise boosts cellular and molecular components of the brain, and exercise has improved problem-solving and other cognitive abilities in older people. |
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-01/uoia-sif012703.php
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| | Intelligence May Be a Gray and White Matter |
| | However, the study also showed that in areas related to intelligence men had much more gray matter, which is typically needed for isolated tasks, such as doing a math problem. | | | Women, on the other hand, had much more white matter, which is necessary for integrating information. | | | Researchers found major differences in the amount of gray and white matter in the brains of men and women of the same intelligence, suggesting that men and women may derive their intelligence in different ways. |
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| | The New York Times > Science > Gray Matter and Sexes: A Gray Area Scientifically |
| | What such discrepancies may or may not mean is anyone's conjecture. | | | "It is cognition that counts, not the physical matter that does the cognition," argued Nancy Kanwisher, a professor of neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. | | | Overall size aside, some evidence suggests that female brains are relatively more endowed with gray matter - the prized neurons thought to do the bulk of the brain's thinking - while men's brains are packed with more white matter, the tissue between neurons. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/24/science/24women.html?ex=1264222800&en=6bcc9a95b90824ca&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
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| | Mapping continued brain growth and gray matter density reduction in dorsal frontal cortex: Inverse relationships during ... |
| | Recent in vivo structural imaging studies have shown spatial and temporal patterns of brain maturation between childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood that are generally consistent with postmortem studies of cellular maturational events such as increased myelination and synaptic pruning. | | | Overall brain growth is not significant between childhood and adolescence, but close spatial relationships between gray matter density reduction and brain growth are observed in the dorsal parietal and frontal cortex. | | | Inverse relationships are not as robust in the posterior temporo-occipital junction where gray matter density reduction is much less prominent despite late brain growth in these regions between adolescence and adulthood. |
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| | The Central Nervous System |
| | However, the brains of "lower" vertebrates like fishes and amphibians have their white matter on the outside of their brain as well as their spinal cord. | | | In the brain of mammals, this pattern is reversed. | | | In the spinal cord, the white matter is at the surface, the gray matter inside. |
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| | Glossary of Terms |
| | Gray matter- areas of the brain that are dominated by cell bodies and have no myelin covering (in contrast to white matter) | | | Thalamus- a large mass of gray matter deeply situated in the forebrain at the topmost portion of the diencephalon. | | | Glial cells- nonneuronal brain cells that provide structural, nutritional, and other supports to the brain |
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| | Gray Matter |
| | This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar. | | | Any comments and suggestions will gladly be accepted and most likely put into effect. | | | This and many more articles can be found at www.henryinstitute.org |
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| | Bookreporter.com - GRAY MATTER by Gary Braver |
| | GRAY MATTER trespasses into the frightening arena of possibility, made all the more frightening by the element of realism brought to the story by Braver's expert research and use of blood-curdling medical details. | | | Affluence can often breed a sense of entitlement, and GRAY MATTER more than subtly touches on this cause and effect. | | | Daily, she sees her son, who has slight learning disabilities, struggling with the smallest of tasks in comparison to the genius children he is surrounded by in his exclusive computer science camp and private school. |
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| | gray matter from On-line Medical Dictionary |
| | The cortex of the brain which contains nerve cell bodies. | | | The gray matter is in contrast to the white matter, the part of the brain that contains myelinated nerve fibres. | | | Published at the Centre for Cancer Education, University of Newcastle upon Tyne |
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| | Gray Matter Movie: Gray Matter DVD is available from Bestprices.com |
| | The holocaust produced many gut-wrenching sights, with the Nazi regime particularly notorious for the gruesome medical experiments they carried out. | | | Copyright 1981-2004 Muze Inc. For personal use only. | | | Many questions are raised by GRAY MATTER, not least of which concerns why it took so long to bury the brains of these innocent victims. |
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| | Gray Matters: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind | | | There is currently no entry for Gray matter. | | | Lists to Live By for Every Caring Family: For Everything That Really Matters |
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| | gray matter on Encyclopedia.com |
| | This MRI image of a human brain shows the site of "working memory" - a postage stamp-sized slice of gray matter behind and above the right eye that serves as a temporary scratch-pad for conscious thou | | | Gray Matters: Where Are the Technical Communicators in Research and Design for Aging Audiences?(RESEARCH) |
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| | Apple - Shake - Stories |
| | Gray Matter’s work on “Fight Club” ranged from the largest visual effects sequence in the film to several subtle shots that allowed Fincher to further his directorial expression. | | | I’ve been able to utilize Shake to function in collaborative ways with Flame that have directly impacted the speed of processing and compositing visual effects. | | | Shake compositing software was used by Gray Matter within two key visual effects sequences of the film because of its speed and efficiency and because of its ease in customizing elaborate visual effects sequences. |
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| | The Gray Matter: Gray Matter Music |
| | This site is not affiliated in any way with the band "Gray Matter". | | | This site in no way endorses, promotes, or supports the band "Gray Matter" (although I do wish them every success). | | | Whilst I don't object to people finding my little corner of the 'net by accident, I know how frustrating it is when you're really looking for something and you want that answer NOW. |
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