"Long-Term Potentiation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D017774
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G11.561.638.350
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| Concept/Terms |
Long-Term Potentiation- Long-Term Potentiation
- Long Term Potentiation
- Long-Term Potentiations
- Potentiation, Long-Term
- Potentiations, Long-Term
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