long-term potentiation

== English == === Alternative forms === long term potentiation === Noun === long-term potentiation (uncountable) (neuroscience) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== LTP ==== Coordinate terms ==== short-term potentiation === References === Escobar, Martha L. with Derrick, Brian (2007), “Long-Term Potentiation and Depression as Putative Mechanisms for Memory Formation”, in Bermúdez-Rattoni, Federico, editor, Neural Plasticity and Memory‎[1], CRC Press, retrieved 5 December 2009: “Tim Bliss and Terje Lomo1,2 first reported the phenomenon of long-term potentiation (LTP), an increase in synaptic efficacy following synaptic activity, over 30 years ago. Since then, LTP has generated enormous interest....”