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Not talking about people here, of course, but from a culinary perspective... what would the difference in taste be? If there's extra myelin and stuff in the white matter, would it in general cook up better because it's fattier?
What does the size of the white matter of pedophiles has to do with the article? It seems disconnected, out of place. I suggest it should be moved in the appropriate article related to pedophiles. Visarga ( talk) 06:40, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
The source, http://www.cbc.ca/story/health/national/2007/11/28/pedophiles-study.html, is not a valid webpage anymore. This should be updated. Modularized ( talk) 17:15, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
Yes, white matter is named for its color, but shouldn't the first sentence of the article be something more definitional? If I know that white matter is white, gray matter gray, and the substantia nigra is black, I still don't know anything about white matter. Laurosaur ( talk) 19:22, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Males do not have more white matter than females; http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/01/050121100142.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Modularized ( talk • contribs) 17:17, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
The statement "child molesters with pedophilia" seems redundant. Wouldn't any child molester be a pedophile? The Lightning Stalker ( talk) 06:12, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
"Pedophilia" refers to the sexual attraction to children. "Child molestation" refers to the actual sexual touching of a child. There exist pedophiles who abstain from touching children, and there are child molesters for reasons other other than sexual attraction to children.
— James Cantor (
talk) 12:29, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Not to be overly critical, but I think this article is just horrible. I think there's a lot of irrelevant, unnecessary and disputable information. I don't think the article needs to be long, but it should include:
1) a small section on myelin (its made by astrocytes, it insulates axons to help with conduct nerve impulses, and the amount of myelin in a person's brain increases with age [a brain isn't fully myelinated until ~35]) and instructions for readers to consult that page
2) the principle white matter tracts in the brain and spinal cord (commissural, association and projection fibers), again with instructions for readers to consult their respective pages; the current Location section could also be cleaned up and included with these
3) I like the Clinical Relevance section, but it could also be cleaned up
I'd love to hear what others think of these suggestions, or if they think anything else should be included, etc... I might make this a project of mine, but not right away... Seasunsky ( talk) 21:23, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
The illustration on this page which is labeled micrograph of white matter is the same illustration on the Grey Matter page and there is labeled micrograph of grey matter. So what gives? Anyone else catch this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Narjis542003 ( talk • contribs) 18:46, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
The section called Types of astrocytes seems to be stranded, I mean, almost unconnected with the surrounding text. I suggest it either be connected with the flow of the rest of the article or else be removed. Dratman ( talk) 02:47, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
Isnt the brain been mapped by a supercomputer? 78.19.141.82 ( talk) 21:11, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
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Not talking about people here, of course, but from a culinary perspective... what would the difference in taste be? If there's extra myelin and stuff in the white matter, would it in general cook up better because it's fattier?
What does the size of the white matter of pedophiles has to do with the article? It seems disconnected, out of place. I suggest it should be moved in the appropriate article related to pedophiles. Visarga ( talk) 06:40, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
The source, http://www.cbc.ca/story/health/national/2007/11/28/pedophiles-study.html, is not a valid webpage anymore. This should be updated. Modularized ( talk) 17:15, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
Yes, white matter is named for its color, but shouldn't the first sentence of the article be something more definitional? If I know that white matter is white, gray matter gray, and the substantia nigra is black, I still don't know anything about white matter. Laurosaur ( talk) 19:22, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Males do not have more white matter than females; http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/01/050121100142.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Modularized ( talk • contribs) 17:17, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
The statement "child molesters with pedophilia" seems redundant. Wouldn't any child molester be a pedophile? The Lightning Stalker ( talk) 06:12, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
"Pedophilia" refers to the sexual attraction to children. "Child molestation" refers to the actual sexual touching of a child. There exist pedophiles who abstain from touching children, and there are child molesters for reasons other other than sexual attraction to children.
— James Cantor (
talk) 12:29, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Not to be overly critical, but I think this article is just horrible. I think there's a lot of irrelevant, unnecessary and disputable information. I don't think the article needs to be long, but it should include:
1) a small section on myelin (its made by astrocytes, it insulates axons to help with conduct nerve impulses, and the amount of myelin in a person's brain increases with age [a brain isn't fully myelinated until ~35]) and instructions for readers to consult that page
2) the principle white matter tracts in the brain and spinal cord (commissural, association and projection fibers), again with instructions for readers to consult their respective pages; the current Location section could also be cleaned up and included with these
3) I like the Clinical Relevance section, but it could also be cleaned up
I'd love to hear what others think of these suggestions, or if they think anything else should be included, etc... I might make this a project of mine, but not right away... Seasunsky ( talk) 21:23, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
The illustration on this page which is labeled micrograph of white matter is the same illustration on the Grey Matter page and there is labeled micrograph of grey matter. So what gives? Anyone else catch this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Narjis542003 ( talk • contribs) 18:46, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
The section called Types of astrocytes seems to be stranded, I mean, almost unconnected with the surrounding text. I suggest it either be connected with the flow of the rest of the article or else be removed. Dratman ( talk) 02:47, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
Isnt the brain been mapped by a supercomputer? 78.19.141.82 ( talk) 21:11, 23 November 2021 (UTC)