white matter in Podcasts
conceptThe white matter of the brain contains myelinated axons that facilitate rapid communication between brain regions.
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Dhru Purohit Show
Neurophysiologist Shares Top 3 Drivers of Alzheimer’s Disease, How To Reduce Your Risk of Cognitive Decline At Any Age, and How to Build a Super-Brain with Louisa Nicola (Rebroadcast)
So that's the white matter of the brain. And that's where we have speed of thought. We call it conduction velocity in neurophysiology. So that's where our myelinated neurons are. That's the white matter. The gray matter is the cell bodies. That sits on the outside. And we know now that around 70% to 80% of brain gray matter is modifiable by exercise. Modifiable.