she's got the gray matter to figure that equation out
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The researchers looked specifically at where gray matter (the body of a neuron) intersects with white matter (the long axons that project out of the cell body) — an area thought to be particularly vulnerable to head impacts.—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025 Those with less social connection were also found to have smaller gray matter volume in regions of the brain associated with thinking and learning.—Arianna Huffington, Time, 1 Oct. 2025 Some studies reported smaller gray matter volumes in children with ADHD compared to those without, while others showed no difference or even larger volumes.—New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2025 In other words there’s a measurable reduction in brain volume or gray matter in certain areas.—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gray matter
: neural tissue especially of the brain and spinal cord that contains cell bodies as well as nerve fibers, has a brownish gray color, and forms most of the cortex and nuclei of the brain, the columns of the spinal cord, and the bodies of ganglia
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