Toward a Neuroplastic Narrative of Healing

Toward a Neuroplastic Narrative of Healing

A Foundation for Trauma-Informed Understanding by Noor Haidar and Reem Ismail Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain’s neuronal circuits structurally and functionally to adapt. Epigenetics, neurogenesis, synaptic plasticity, and white matter plasticity are four neuroplastic mechanisms that facilitate learning and adaptation. An epigenetic influence enhances adaptation to current or future environments by regulating gene expression; neurogenesis involves the integration […]