To exercise mesmerism on; to spellbind; to enthrall. 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 4, in Mr. Pratt's Patients: Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.
White matter develops and changes across our life span in a pattern strikingly different from gray matter. We do not complete the formation of brain myelin until many years after birth, perhaps past 20 years of age; by contrast, we have our full complement of brain neurons at birth.
The brain contains both gray matter and white matter. The gray matter is made up up of the neurons that have non-myelinated axons. The white matter is made up of neurons that have myleniated axons.The myelin sheath is white.The primary thinking, perceiving and cognitive functions of the brain happen on in the gray matter of the brain.he gray matter is made up up of the neurons that have non-myelinated axons. The white matter is made up of neurons that have myleniated axons. The myelin sheath is white. The primary thinking, perceiving and cognitive functions of the brain happen on in the gray matter of the brain.