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Neural System Maintenance

Meaning

Neural System Maintenance encompasses the complex physiological and biochemical processes continuously required to preserve the structural integrity, optimal functional capacity, and high signaling efficiency of the central and peripheral nervous systems. This vital, ongoing process includes critical functions like neurogenesis, precise synaptic plasticity, efficient glial cell function, and the active clearance of metabolic waste byproducts from the delicate brain tissue. Hormonal signaling, particularly from steroid hormones, plays a critical, direct, and protective role in this necessary, continuous maintenance.