Tim Bliss and Terje Lomo^(1,2) 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....
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Potentiation
/pəʊˌten.ʃiːˈeɪ.ʃən/
Synonyms for "potentiation" (10 found)
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enhancementneural enhancementpharmacologic amplificationresponse amplificationsynaptic strengthening
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10 entriesamplificationaugmentationboostingdrug augmentationintensificationlong term potentiationneural potentiationpharmacologic amplificationshort term potentiationsynaptic potentiation
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6 entriesdrug potentiationlong term potentiationpotentiation effectpotentiation protocolpotentiation studysynaptic potentiation
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