yu rili no boht dis "grey matter" na yu bren? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt am!

Wi ɔl kin want fɔ no bɔt wi bren, nɔto so? We wi de tɔk bɔt di bren, difrɛn pat dɛn de, ɛn difrɛn we dɛn we i de wok. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan spɛshal tisu na di bren we de ɛp wi fɔ du bɔku tin dɛn we rili impɔtant, lɛk fɔ du wi wok dɛn ɛvride, fɔ tink, mɛmba, ɛn kɔntrol wi filin dɛn. Na dat dɛn kɔl ‘Gray Matter.’ Yu go mɔs dɔn yɛri dis nem frɔm dɔktɔ ɔ sɔmsay. So, lɛ wi si wetin i bi?

Wetin na dis ‘Gray Matter’?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, ‘Gray Matter’ na wan rili impɔtant kayn tisu na yu bren ɛn spɛshal kɔd – yu `Sɛntral Nɛvɔs Sistɛm’ . Na wetin de ɛp yu fɔ du yu ɛvride wok nɔmal wan. Yu no wetin de insay am? i mεnli mek כp fכ big nכmba dεm fכ `nyurכnal bכdi dεm', `akson tεrminal dεm', di εnd dεm fכ di nεv sεl dεm, εn `dεndrit dεm'.

Naw yu go mɔs de wɔnda wetin na nerve cell (a `neuron`). Tink bɔt am dis we, wan nɛv sɛl tan lɛk smɔl mɛsenja. I gɛt tri men pat dɛn:

• Wan big `nyurɔnal bɔdi` . Insay dis na di `nyukliɔs`. lεk di kכntrol sεnta fכ wi bכdi, dis nyuklios de kכntro כl di wok we di sεl de du εn i de kip di jεnεtik infכmeshכn na di sεl.
• Akson na wan lכng, tint, branch strכkchכ we de kכri ilektrikal signal dεm. I tan lɛk tɛlifon waya we de kɛr mɛsej dɛn.
• bכku ‘dεndrit' dεm de , lεk branch dεm we de gεt signal frכm כda sεl dεm. Dɛn tin ya kin gɛda infɔmeshɔn frɔm ɔda nɛv sɛl dɛn we de nia yu, lɛk fɔ tɔk to di pipul dɛn we de nia yu.

so, dis ‘grey matter’ gεt in nem biכs i gεt bכku nכmba fכ nεv sεl bכdi dεm lεk dis. Dɔn bak, i gɛt smɔl grey kɔlɔ.

Aw ‘Gray Matter’ de divɛlɔp?

Dis ‘Gray Matter’ de stat fɔ divɛlɔp frɔm we i rili yɔŋ. dat min se we di pikin de insay di mama in bεlε, i de stat fכ divεlכ p di tεm we di `fetal divεlכpmεnt` . afta dat, we dεn bכn di pikin, di כmכnt fכ dis ‘Gray Matter’ de inkrεs te i rich lεk 8 ia. i nכ de jכs stכp de, te i rich lεk 20 ia, di dεnsiti fכ dis ‘Gray Matter’, dat na di amoun fכ di nεv sεl dεm we tayt kכnekt to wan an, de inkrεs. dis inkrεs pan dεnsiti na in de alaw wi fכ proכses infכmeshכn kwik kwik wan (`high processing`) εn divεlכp mεntal mכr.

Bɔt na sɔntin we rili impɔtant fɔ mɛmba. di nyuron dεm nכ de jεnεret כ rεpair dεm sεf. Dat min se if nyuron dɔn pwɛl ɔ day, dɛn nɔ go mek nyu wan fɔ tek in ples. Na dat mek i rili impɔtant fɔ tek kia ɔf wi bren.

Aw di ‘Gray Matter’ na mɔtalman bren spɛshal?

Naw luk, di nervɔs sistɛm fɔ ɔda mami ɛn dadi animal dɛn lɛk rat ɛn dɔlfin, tan lɛk wi yon smɔl. Bɔt, big big difrɛns de pan di strɔkchɔral difrɛns dɛn na mɔtalman bren. Yu don si pikchɔ dɛn bɔt di bren we gɛt bɔku bɔku wrinkles, nɔto so? insay dεn wrinkl dεm, dεn kכl di "sunken" εria dεm "sulci" εn di "bulged" εria dεm dεn kכl dεm "gyri." dis tכn layεr dεm we dεn kכl "sulci" εn "gyri" na di say dεm we di nεv sεl dεm we de na di sεf fכ di bren de. Na dat wi de kɔl "grey matter."

Tink bɔt am dis we, i tan lɛk se yu de fol wan pepa fɔ fit bɔku tin dɛn na smɔl ples. dis na aw wi kin fit big bren insay sכm sכm ed, εn i de alaw wi bak fכ stכr bכku `Gray Matter`. dis na di rizin we mek mכtalman gεt mכr `Gray Matter` pas כda mami dεm. fכ egzampl, mכtalman bren gεt lεk 1000 tεm di כmכnt כf `Gray Matter` we de na di sכfa fכ maws in bren! Yu nɔ tink se i wɔndaful?

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin ‘Gre Matter’ ɛn ‘White Matter’?

Yu kin dɔn yɛri bak bɔt ‘White Matter’. כl tu, ‘Grey Matter’ εn ‘White Matter’, na imכtant pat dεm na yu bren εn spεnal kכd. כlmost 40% pan yu bren na ‘Grey Matter’, we di כda 60% na ‘White Matter’.

• Grey mat gεt nyuronal sεl bכdi dεm εn dεn dεndrit dεm. dis dεndrit dεm na sכm sכm tin dεm we lεk fכ finga dεm we de kכmכnik wit nyuron dεm we de nia dεm.
• na di כda say, ‘White Matter’ gεt di lכng ‘akson' dεm fכ di nεv sεl dεm. na dεn tin ya kin kכri mεsej to di fa fa pat dεm na di bren εn di spεnal kכd.

Difrɛns de bak pan di we aw i de wok:

biכs di `Gray Matter` gεt bכku nכmba fכ nεv sεl bכdi dεm (we di sεl nyuklios de), infכmeshכn prכsεsin de tek ples ya. di spεshal abiliti fכ mכtalman fכ tink εn rizin de rut insay dis `Gray Matter`. Dat min se, ɔl wetin wi de fil, si, tink, muv, lan, tɔk, ɛn ɔndastand de apin na `Gray Matter`.

di wok we `White Matter` de du na fכ gi kכmyunikeshn bitwin difrεn `Gray Matter` εria dεm, εn bitwin `Gray Matter` εn כda pat dεm na di bכdi. Lɛk rod dɛn we de kɛr mɛsej.

Difrɛns pan di kɔlɔ dɛn:

`Gray Matter` de gεt in grey kכla frכm di bכku nεv sεl bכdi dεm. `White Matter` de gεt in wayt kכla frכm di protεktiv kכva we dεn kכl `myelin sheath` we de rawnd `axons`.

Wetin kin apin to ‘Grey Matter’?

Di ‘Gray Matter’ we de rɔn ɔlsay na yu sɛntral nervous system impɔtant fɔ kɔntrol yu muvmɛnt, mɛmori, ɛn rigul aw yu de fil . difrεn εria dεm na di bren de rispansabl fכ difrεn wok dεm. So, ‘Gray Matter’ de ple big pat pan ɔl di tin dɛn we mɔtalman de du.

Usay ‘Grey Matter’ de?

Grey mat de na di say we yu bren de, ɛn bak na di insay pat dɛn na di bren ɛn di spɛnal kɔd.

Bren:

di sכfa εn dip rijyכn dεm na di bren gεt grey mat. di fold dεm εn diprεshכn dεm na di bren – we dεn kכl gyri εn sulci – na grey matεr dεm mek am. dis strכkchכ dεm de inkrεs di sכfa εria εn alaw fכ mכr nεv sεl dεm, we de gi mכtalman hכy lεvεl fכ di bren fכ wok pas כda mami dεm.

Grey Matter de kɔnsɛntret mɔ pan:

• Sεribεl : Dis na di pat pan yu bren we de kכntro tin dεm lεk yu muvmεnt εn bεlε. I sɔprayz fɔ no se dis smɔl sɛribɛl gɛt bɔku nerv sɛl dɛn pas ɔl di ɔda pat dɛn na yu bren we dɛn put togɛda!
• `Cerebrum` : Dis na di big pat pan di bren. I de involv pan tin dɛm lɛk fɔ tink, fɔ disayd, fɔ tɔk, ɛn fɔ mɛmba.
• `Brainstem` : dis de kכnekt di bren εn di spεnal kכd. Dis pat de kɔntrol impɔtant wok dɛn lɛk fɔ blo ɛn aw yu at de bit.

Spinal Kɔd: .

`Gre Matter` na wan strכkchכ we lεk hכn we de כlsay na di spεnal kכd (wayt matta de na do). insay di spεnal kכd, dεn sheb am to spεshal sεkshכn dεm:

• di anterior grey column : dis na di tin we de sεnd signal to di mכsul dεm εn de kכntro di muvmεnt.
• `Posterior grey column` : dis na di say we wi de gεt sens frכm di bכdi lεk tכch, pen, εn tεmprachכ.
• `Lateral grey column` : dis de riliyt to di awtכnomik nεv sεstem, dat na, to tin dεm we wi nכ de kכnsyus kכntro (e.g. hat rεt, swet).

Wetin na di tin dɛm we kin mek grey mat lɔs/lɔs?

we di nεv sεl dεm na di `Gray Matter` day, i de `atrophies` , we min se i de shrink in saiz. Di men rizin we mek di nɛv sɛl dɛn de day na bikɔs dɛn nɔ gɛt blɔd . Bikɔs dɛn nɛv sɛl ya de wok ɔltɛm, dɛn nid bɔku ɔksijɛn (we kɔmɔt na di blɔd) fɔ mek dɛn ebul fɔ wok fayn fayn wan. if dεn kכt di bכdi saplai wan wan, fכ egzampl, insay `strok` כ `bren εmoraji` , dεn sεl dεm ya kin day כ dεn kin pwεl.

Grey matter nerve cells kin day naturally as wi de ol, bɔt na dɛn na di cells we de liv lɔng pas ɔl na wi bɔdi.

Apat frɔm dat, sɔm ɔda tin dɛn de we kin mek di grey mat pwɛl:

• Alzaima sik : Dis na sik we tu kayn protin dεm – amyloid protin εn tau protin – de bil abnכmal wan na di bren. Dis kin mek di nεv sεl dεm we de insay di grey matεr day.
• Parkinson’s disease : Dis sik kin kam bikɔs di nerve cells na di pat na di bren we dɛn kɔl substantia nigra, we gɛt di grey matter de lɔs. Na sik we de afɛkt di we aw pɔsin de muv.
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS) : Bɔrku pipul dɛn no MS as wan sik wae de mek yu nɔr de fil fayn ɛn wae de afɛkt wayt tin. Bɔt nyu risach dɔn sho se i kin pwɛl grey tin bak, mɔ di grey tin we de dip insay di bren.
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) : If yu blo yu ed bad bad wan, i kin mek di grey mat pwɛl bikɔs ɔf blɔd we de kɔmɔt na di sεribra . dis kin ivin mek wan prכsεs we dεn kכ l apoptosis (programmed cell death) .

Wetin na di kɔmɔn kwaliti dɛm fɔ ‘Gray Matter’ damej?

Tipikli, damej pan di grey mat kin mek yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm lɛk:

• Memory loss : Sɔntɛnde yu kin fɔgɛt tin, nɔto so? Smɔl tin dɛn na nɔmal tin. Bɔt we di grey tin dɔn pwɛl, dɛn fɔgɛt ya kin kam mɔ ɛn mɔ, ɛn yu nɔ kin ivin ebul fɔ mɛmba nyu tin dɛn.
• `Cognitive impairment` : Dis min se prɔblɛm wit langwej (i nɔ izi fɔ fɛn wɔd, i nɔ izi fɔ ɔndastand wetin dɛn de tɔk), i nɔ kin izi fɔ kɔnsɛntret, i nɔ kin izi fɔ tink ɛn mek jɔjmɛnt fayn fayn wan, ɛn i kin at fɔ disayd fɔ du kɔmpleks.
• mכtal εshyu : I kin tranga fכ du wok dεm we involv fayn mכtalman skil dεm (e.g., fכ bכtכm shirt, rayt, ol kכp).

Aw fɔ chɛk di wɛlbɔdi fɔ ‘Gray Matter’?

Bɔku tɛm, dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) fɔ no if yu grey matta ɛn wayt matta gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Dis tεst kin εp fכ no di kכndyushכn dεm lεk Pakinsin sik εn mכltipl sklεrosis (MS).

Apat frɔm dat, ɔda tɛst dɛn we kin asɛs di wɛlbɔdi ɛn di wok we grey matta de du na:dεn na `fכnshכnal MRI (fMRI)` εn `positrכn εmishכn tכmכgrafi (PET)` .

Yu tink se dɛn kin trit grey matter damej?

Dis na tin we de mek pɔsin sɔri smɔl. I sɔri fɔ no se naw, no we nɔ de fɔ trit ɔ briŋ bak di grey matter damej. As a bin dɔn tɔk bifo tɛm, wans di nɛv sɛl dɛn dɔn day, dɛn nɔ kin kam bak. Dɔn bak, di nɛv sɛl dɛn nɔ de sheb ɛn bɔku lɛk ɔda sɛl dɛn na wi bɔdi.

So, di onli we fɔ trit di kɔndishɔn dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit grey matter damej ɔ lɔs na fɔ manej di simptom dɛm.

Aw fɔ kip ‘Gray Matter’ gɛt wɛlbɔdi?

Bɔt, wi nɔ nid fɔ lɔs op! Pan ɔl we wi nɔ kin ebul fɔ stɔp di grey matta we de lɔs ɔltogɛda, bɔku tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ mek dis valyu pat na wi bren gɛt wɛlbɔdi.

di rayt bכdi εn כksijεn saplai implεnt fכ di hεlth fכ di `Gray Matter`. fכ dat, i rili imכtant fכ mεnεj di risk fכ `sεribravaskul sik` . Na sɔm tin dɛn we yu kin du fɔ du dis:

• If yu gɛt ay blɔd prɛshɔn (haypa prɛshɔn), kɔntrol am.
• Fɔ ɛksesaiz ɔltɛm .
• Fɔ stɔp fɔ yuz rɔm .
• Fɔ mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi wet we fit yu.
• Fɔ slip fayn na nɛt .
• Fɔ kɔntrol yu blɔd shuga ɛn kɔlɔstrel lɛvɛl .
• Nɔ smok , ɔ lɛf fɔ smok if yu du dat.
• Fɔ tray fɔ ridyus strɛs .

Pan ɔl we grey matter kin go dɔŋ bay insɛf we dɛn de ol, stɔdi dɔn sho se pipul dɛn we ol 65 ia ɔ pas dat we de du ɛksɛsayz ɔltɛm gɛt bɔku grey matter pas di wan dɛn we nɔ de du am. Dis pruf sho se if yu de du tin ɔlsay na yu layf, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek yu grey matta wɛl ɛn ɛp yu fɔ liv lɔng.

כlso, fכ lan nyu tin dεm εn nyu skil dεm fכ wik, nכto jכs fכ fכ awa, i kin mek yu ``Gray Matter.`` hεlth bכku. dis dεn kכl am ``bren plastisiti / nyuroplastisiti.``

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba

‘Grey Matter’ na di imכtant tisu na yu bren εn spεnal kכd we de alaw yu fכ intarakt wit di wכl we de rawnd yu. Na di bies fɔ ɔl di mental wok dɛm. Difrɛn mɛdikal kɔndishɔn kin afɛkt yu ‘Grey Matter’. Bɔt, yu kin du am ɔltɛmYu kin ɛp fɔ protɛkt yu bren wɛl bɔdi bay wae yu fala wɛl bɔdi layf, lɛk fɔ du ɛksɛsayz ɛn fɔ gɛt wɛl bɔdi wet we fit yu.

If yu ɔr pɔrsin wae yu lɛk de gɛt sɔm kayn sik wae yu tink se gɛt fɔ du wit yu bren disɔda, duya go to dɔktɔ fɔ advays. Dat na di bɛst tin we yu go ebul fɔ du.

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