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Memory and Learning Molecules

Meaning

A collective designation for the specific class of endogenous chemical messengers—including neurotransmitters, hormones, and neurotrophic factors—that are essential and directly involved in the cellular and molecular mechanisms of learning and memory formation. These molecules are indispensable for initiating and maintaining synaptic plasticity, the physical changes in neural connections that form the basis of all acquired knowledge. Clinical optimization of these molecules is a core strategy for cognitive longevity.