Jirim putih

Jirim putih merujuk kepada bahagian dalam sistem saraf pusat yang terdiri daripada akson bermielin ("trek saraf", nerve tract).^[1] Jirim ini menjejaskan fungsi pembelajaran dan dalaman otak melalui pengawalaturan agihan potensial aksi dengan bertindak sebagai suatu "geganti" serta menyelaraskan komunikasi antara kawasan-kawasan otak yang terlibat.^[2]

Rujukan

^ Blumenfeld, Hal (2010). Neuroanatomy through clinical cases (ed. ke-2). Sunderland, Mass.: Sinauer Associates. m/s. 21. ISBN 9780878936137. Areas of the CNS made up mainly of myelinated axons are called white matter.
^ Douglas Fields, R. (2008). "White Matter Matters". Scientific American. 298 (3): 54–61. Bibcode:2008SciAm.298c..54D. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0308-54.

Patuan luar

White Matter Atlas
WebMD (2009). "white matter". Webster's New World Medical Dictionary (ed. 3rd). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. m/s. 456. ISBN 978-0-544-18897-6. Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (bantuan)

[1] Blumenfeld, Hal (2010). Neuroanatomy through clinical cases (ed. ke-2). Sunderland, Mass.: Sinauer Associates. m/s. 21. ISBN 9780878936137. Areas of the CNS made up mainly of myelinated axons are called white matter.

[2] Douglas Fields, R. (2008). "White Matter Matters". Scientific American. 298 (3): 54–61. Bibcode:2008SciAm.298c..54D. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0308-54.

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