Synaptic plasticity
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In neuroscience, synaptic plasticity is the ability of synapses to strengthen or weaken over time, in response to increases or decreases in their activity.
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See also
- BCM theory
- Excitatory postsynaptic potential
- Homosynaptic Plasticity
- Heterosynaptic Plasticity
- Homeostatic plasticity
- Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
- Long-term potentiation (LTP)
- Long-term depression (LTD)
- Activity-dependent plasticity
- Spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP)
- Synaptic augmentation (Short-term plasticity)
- Neural facilitation (Short-term plasticity)
- Neuroplasticity
- Postsynaptic potential
- Non-synaptic plasticity
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