Grey Matter

The grey-matter folding, or fissuring, you refer to is sometimes called sulsification. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It takes a steady hand to open a skull without damaging the grey-matter, and that takes time, confound it! ❋ Unknown (2010)

The think-tank Reform has just wired us a copy of their maths challenge – a set of 10 questions designed not only to test the grey-matter, but also to promote a rigorous maths curriculum. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Pp (Handwringer in Chief), I have some old copies of Jinty and Bunty for you - bit of a literary challenge to flex the weary grey-matter in the winter months. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The absolutist sees no problem with the killing of Isaac; the grey-matter relativist spots the paradox right away. ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)

Because, if you did, you might have felt a bit of a grey-matter tickle reading the aforementioned quote about what one does only when facing an opponent. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I continue to take my sip of M-'mv most every day, and it keeps my grey-matter working. ❋ M-mv (2005)

Step one in self-education is turning off the TV ... once that is done, the grey-matter kicks in and the rest is natural. by ❋ Unknown (2007)

Sitting in front of a PC for umpteen hours a day slogging through data analysis and projects is hard on the grey-matter. ❋ Carlo Artieri (2005)

One of our brainy boys -- George Bernard, unless I err -- thought of it before I did; went away into the wilderness, wrapped his grey-matter in wet Jaeger bandages, subsisted on a diet of premasticated grape-nuts and produced this aphorism. ❋ Various (1898)

I'm doing several months of thread-necromancy here, but there are a couple of points that popped up out of my grey-matter when i read this thread. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"The grey-matter changes in the posterior insula are particularly interesting since they may play a role in central pain amplification for IBS patients," said study author David A. Seminowicz, Ph. D., of the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain at McGill University. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Abnormal [grey-matter] decreases were found in regions involved in pain transmission, higher level sensory processing, and affected regulation, while increases were found in regions involved in pain modulation and in regulation of endocrine function. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Obstructive sleep apnea patients had reductions of grey-matter volume at baseline but showed significant grey-matter volume increase after three months of CPAP therapy, according to a research abstract that will be presented ❋ Unknown (2010)