White Matter Disease: What It Is, Symptoms & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
2022年5月4日 · White matter disease is an umbrella term for damage to your brain’s white matter caused by reduced blood flow to the tissue. It can cause issues with memory, balance and mobility. People who have risk factors for cardiovascular disease also have a greater risk of developing white matter disease.
What Is White Matter In The Brain? - Simply Psychology
2023年9月18日 · White matter essentially acts as the brain's communication network, connecting different parts of gray matter and facilitating coordinated brain function. White matter in the brain consists of myelinated axons, which are nerve fibers covered by a fatty insulating layer called myelin.
White matter: Anatomy and function - Kenhub
2023年10月30日 · In the brain, white matter is situated beneath the gray matter of the cortex and connects various gray matter areas within the brain to each other. It contains three major groups of axons: association fibers, commissural fibers, and projection fibers.
White matter disease: Prognosis, symptoms, and treatment
2024年1月30日 · White matter disease, or leukoaraiosis, means there is damage to white matter in the brain. It can lead to problems with thinking, problem solving, balance, and other symptoms. White...
White Matter in the Brain - Verywell Health
2023年5月21日 · If you think of the brain as a computer system, the gray matter is the hardware, and the white matter is the cables connecting the network and transmitting signals. This article discusses white matter in the brain and the conditions that impact it. It also explains the role of white matter disease on memory and dementia.
White matter and cognition: making the connection - National …
2016年11月1日 · White matter comprises half of the brain, has expanded more than gray matter in evolution, and forms an indispensable component of distributed neural networks that subserve neurobehavioral operations.
White matter disease as a biomarker for long-term …
White matter disease is commonly detected on brain MRI of aging individuals as white matter hyperintensities (WMH), or ‘leukoaraiosis.” Over the years it has become increasingly clear that the presence and extent of WMH is a radiographic marker of small cerebral vessel disease and an important predictor of the life-long risk of stroke ...
A taxonomy of the brain’s white matter: twenty-one major tracts …
2022年10月10日 · White Matter Taxonomy of the Brain. For each white matter structure in the brain, we will review what is known about its location, fiber orientation(s), specific connections, reconstruction using dMRI, and functional associations. We will also touch upon abnormalities in brain disorders and any neuromodulatory treatments targeted at the bundle.
Investigating white matter development in infancy and early …
Aberrant white matter development and myelin maturation may lead to reduced brain connectivity (termed ‘disconnectivity’) or dis-synchronous brain messaging, which is observed in a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders (Just et al., 2012; Kana et al., 2011; Meda et al., 2012; Mills et al., 2012). While several maturation processes are ...
White matter, behavioral neurology, and the influence of …
White matter in the human brain occupies roughly the same volume as gray matter but has received far less attention in behavioral neurology and related disciplines. In particular, the cerebral cortex has long dominated thinking about the organization of brain–behavior relationships. As a result, subcortical structures, including deep gray matter and, most notably, white matter, have been ...