In order to fully understand the implications of NLD, it is important to have a basic understanding of brain structure and development.
White matter is the brain's circuitry.
A simplistic analogy is that white matter is the highway system that connects the information centers of the brain, allowing information to be processed. There is far more white matter in the right hemisphere than in the left, so the disorder is often referred to as a right hemisphere disability. The information in this section has been selected for those new to this topic, and provides a basic overview of the brain. The following full-text articles are presented in sequence, from the most basic to more comprehensive. However, they all assume little or no prior knowledge of this topic.