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Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Nervous System Physiological Phenomena > Neuronal Plasticity > Long-Term Potentiation

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Long-Term Potentiation  

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  • A persistent increase in synaptic efficacy, usually induced by appropriate activation of the same synapses. The phenomenological properties of long-term potentiation suggest that it may be a cellular mechanism of learning and memory.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017774

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