English Explanatory Dictionary

long-term potentiation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

long-term potentiation long term potentiation

Synonyms

LTP
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on L Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary