white matter
The term white matter refers to one of two types of tissue found in the central nervous system (CNS) . It is neural tissue of the brain and spinal cord that, whether fresh or fixed, appears lighter compared to the other type, gray matter. white matter is composed predominantly of myelinated nerve axons, which make up the cortical white matter, tracts and fasciculi of the CNS ( Schiebler-1999 ). In MRI sections it can appear whiter or grayer than gray matter depending on whether the image is T1 or T2 weighted and other factors. NeuroNames acronyms for white matter structures are in lower case, e.g., ccr for crus cerebri. white matter is found in the human, macaque, rat, mouse and other vetebrates ( Swanson-2015 ).
Also known as
| Name | Language | Source | Source Citation | Source Title | Organism |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic fiber systems | English | Swanson-2004 | Third Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, Oxford, 2004 | Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain. | rat |
| central nervous system white matter | English | Lau-2009 | Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2009 Apr;15(4):576-80 | Acute CNS White Matter Lesions in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease | human |
| central nervous system white matter | English | Swanson-2004 | Third Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, Oxford, 2004 | Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain. | rat |
| white matter | English | Wikipedia-2024a | Lamina terminalis | Unspecified | |
| Substantia alba | Latin | Schiebler-1999 | Eighth Edition, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1999. | Anatomie | human |
| weisse Substanz | German | Schiebler-1999 | Eighth Edition, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1999. | Anatomie | human |
| white matter tracts | English | Swanson-2015 | Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. | Neuroanatomical Terminology: A Lexicon of Classical Origins and Historical Foundtions | human |