Definition: 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.
note category: "a persistent increase in synaptic efficacy"; DF: LTP
Other names Potentiations, Long-Term; Potentiation, Long-Term; Long-Term Potentiations; Long Term Potentiation