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metaplasticity

metaplasticity noun: any activity-dependent change to neural function that modulates subsequent synaptic plasticity.

Noun

metaplasticity (uncountable)

  1. Any activity-dependent change to neural function that modulates subsequent synaptic plasticity

Origin of metaplasticity

From meta- + plasticity.

Questions about metaplasticity

What does metaplasticity mean?
Metaplasticity means any activity-dependent change to neural function that modulates subsequent synaptic plasticity.
What part of speech is metaplasticity?
Metaplasticity is a noun.

Words near metaplasticity in the dictionary

  1. metaplast
  2. metaplastic
  3. metaplastic carcinoma
  4. metaplastic carcinomas
  5. metaplastically
  6. metaplasticity
  7. metaplasts
  8. metaplay
  9. metaplays
  10. metaplectic
  11. metapleura

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