Outside the gray and white matter, literally, there are structures that support the brain. The body has very unique ways of protecting the brain. It is these specialty cells that protect and feed the nervous tissue of the brain. The only part of the brain that is unprotected by any tissue is the gray matter.
Gray matter is nerve tissue without the myelin. It is the myelin that insulates nerve tissue and it is the white matter. Both are important for normal function.
The most dramatic example of the difference between gray and white matter is in MS. In MS (Multiple Sclerosis), the myelin is missing. It literally short circuits. MS has nothing to do with the brain disorder of the NFL.
Astroglia
- microvasculature
- Blood Brain barrier
Microglia
I simply want to stress how completely incredible human brains are and how they are perfect before injury. The human body has developed specialized support tissue to keep any type of toxic substance away from the brain tissue. The nourishment reaching the brain is literally strained by the supportive tissues to protect all those nerves that carry our thoughts and memory.
"Why the White Brain Matters" (click here) This is an article by Dana Farber which speaks to the forgotten part of the brain.
Why bring this up? Because Mr. Dorsett wants to rehabilitate his brain. He doesn't want to accept the fact in the year 2015 the USA has little to no clue on host to stop and reverse the process of DTE.
Mr. Dorsett's ambition is admirable and I think it is very realistic, however, it is going to take some more research to identify the cells most effected from person to person. I do not believe this type of encephalopathy is exactly the same in every football player. The reason there is difference is because every player has had a different experience in the game. While this phenomena is diagnosable under one set of terms, the path of this disease my manifest worse in some people than others.
Gray matter is nerve tissue without the myelin. It is the myelin that insulates nerve tissue and it is the white matter. Both are important for normal function.
The most dramatic example of the difference between gray and white matter is in MS. In MS (Multiple Sclerosis), the myelin is missing. It literally short circuits. MS has nothing to do with the brain disorder of the NFL.
Scientists now beginning to probe the long-neglected half of the brain called the white matter are
discovering how it specializes in connectivity, with bundles of
insulated “wiring” that link neurons within and between gray matter
areas into ensembles that may produce the light of conscious mental
functioning. A pioneer of research on white matter, Filley proposes a
new field of study that would bring “the other half of the brain” into
the mainstream of neuroscience. - See more at: http://www.dana.org/Cerebrum/Default.aspx?id=39152#sthash.yNPIM26X.dpu
OligodendrogliaAstroglia
- microvasculature
- Blood Brain barrier
Microglia
I simply want to stress how completely incredible human brains are and how they are perfect before injury. The human body has developed specialized support tissue to keep any type of toxic substance away from the brain tissue. The nourishment reaching the brain is literally strained by the supportive tissues to protect all those nerves that carry our thoughts and memory.
"Why the White Brain Matters" (click here) This is an article by Dana Farber which speaks to the forgotten part of the brain.
Why bring this up? Because Mr. Dorsett wants to rehabilitate his brain. He doesn't want to accept the fact in the year 2015 the USA has little to no clue on host to stop and reverse the process of DTE.
Mr. Dorsett's ambition is admirable and I think it is very realistic, however, it is going to take some more research to identify the cells most effected from person to person. I do not believe this type of encephalopathy is exactly the same in every football player. The reason there is difference is because every player has had a different experience in the game. While this phenomena is diagnosable under one set of terms, the path of this disease my manifest worse in some people than others.
Scientists now beginning to probe the long-neglected half of the brain called the white matter are
discovering how it specializes in connectivity, with bundles of
insulated “wiring” that link neurons within and between gray matter
areas into ensembles that may produce the light of conscious mental
functioning. A pioneer of research on white matter, Filley proposes a
new field of study that would bring “the other half of the brain” into
the mainstream of neuroscience. - See more at: http://www.dana.org/Cerebrum/Default.aspx?id=39152#sthash.yNPIM26X.dpuf
