To spot possible gender differences in the brain, the researchers focused their attention on subcortical gray matter regions that prior researchers have associated with mental health, including ...

Recently, the team led by Chief Physician Quan Zhang and Associate Professor Feng Liu at Tianjin Medical University General Hospital systematically evaluated the genetic associations between type 2 ...

Vascular health as a proxy for brain health "I'm interested in a type of research called individual differences—how human variability contributes to brain health," says Dr. Sussman.

Grey and white matter atrophy is common in MS, as is cognitive dysfunction, the authors point out. MS is known for its sex effects, with women being more susceptible to the disease, but with men ...

The outer, gray-matter-heavy layer of the brain is called the cerebral cortex, and it controls many processes that we think of as “higher” brain functions, like complex thought and working memory.

A) Silhouette values for each number of subtypes. B) Gray matter morphological abnormalities of the identified subtypes. Credit: Translational Psychiatry (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41398-025-03226-5 ...

A 2018 study suggests that regular physical activity may play a key role in new brain cell development and that nearly 80% of gray matter may be able to be changed by exercise. A 2020 study ...

Toddlers with autism have cerebral cortexes -- often referred to as "gray matter" -- that are roughly 40% larger than those of children without the developmental disorder, researchers reported.

Gray matter is an essential type of tissue in the brain and spinal cord that plays a key role in memory, emotions, movement and sensory perception, and makes up just less than half of the brain ...