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Facilitation
Description
An increase in response by repeated stimulation. Also called paired-pulse facilitation.
Description
The fractional increase in amplitude of a second stimulation as a function of the time interval between the succesive stimuli. Thought to be caused by a (presynaptic) increase in the number of released quanta.
Hierarchy
Short-term Synaptic Plasticity
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Last Time:
5/21/2003 10:55:21 AM
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