Social Isolation Disrupts Brain’s ‘White Matter’ Formation – Key to Brain ‘Plasticity’, MS and Mood Disorders (via Planetsave)
There are three general types of brain tissue: grey matter (the dendrite component of neurons), white matter (the axon component of neurons) and glial matter (crucial cells that “support” and nourish these neurons). The experience of interacting with our environment can trigger changes in brain…