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long-term potentiation

long-term potentiation noun: 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.

Noun

long-term potentiation (uncountable)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    LTP

Synonyms of long-term potentiation

Forms of long-term potentiation

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Questions about long-term potentiation

What does long-term potentiation mean?
Long-term potentiation means 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.
What part of speech is long-term potentiation?
Long-term potentiation is a noun.

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