Organ or Tissue Function
long-term potentiation
Subclass of:
Neuronal Plasticity
Definitions related to long-term potentiation:
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (long term potentiation) Calcium dependent change in synaptic efficacy that is thought to mediate the memory consolidation function of the brain; induction phase lasts 30-60 minutes and involves NMDA receptors, maintenance phase last 2-3 hours.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (long-term synaptic potentiation) A process that modulates synaptic plasticity such that synapses are changed resulting in the increase in the rate, or frequency of synaptic transmission at the synapse.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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