Definition of opacity for English Language Learners. : 1  the quality of a material that does not allow light to pass through it : the quality of being opaque. : 2  the quality of being difficult to understand or explain.
Research has shown that this is not true, and that brain cells can and do regenerate, especially in the areas related to learning, decision-making, visual recognition, and the way people perceive objects in space.weet. For a long time, scientists thought that it was impossible for brain cells to regenerate because they assumed that any new cells would disrupt the order of the brain.
Each time we learn something new, our brain cells break their DNA, creating damage that the neurons must immediately repair, according to Li-Huei Tsai, the Picower Professor of Neuroscience and director of the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT. This process is essential to learning and memory.