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gray matter

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gray matter: see nervous system nervous system, network of specialized tissue that controls actions and reactions of the body and its adjustment to the environment. Virtually all members of the animal kingdom have at least a rudimentary nervous system.
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In lieu of personalities, the characters in the new film Gray Matters have lists.
In animals whose mothers had had ultrasound sessions that added up to 30 minutes or more, the scientists found that a significant number of neurons destined for the brain's outer layers of gray matter had become improperly embedded in inner layers of white matter.
Only the stuff encountered here is more psychologically playful, like a brainstorm of real gray matter and a runaway Train of Thought.
 
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