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long-term potentiation en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) A long-lasting (hours in vitro, weeks to months in vivo) increase, typically in amplitude, of the response of a postsynaptic neuron to a particular pattern of stimuli from a presynaptic neuron.
Long-term potentiation, like sea-slug learning, absolutely depends on a change in the properties of synapses, in this case the synapses between the inputting cells and the pyramidal cells.
1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 228:
Forms
Coordinates
short-term potentiation
Synonyms
LTP