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long-term depression: a standalone construct

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Neuroscience

a lasting weakening of synaptic strength produced by prolonged low-frequency stimulation, the counterpart to long-term potentiation.

In neuroscience, long-term depression refers to a lasting weakening of synaptic strength produced by prolonged low-frequency stimulation, the counterpart to long-term potentiation. This meaning comes from Dudek (1992) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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References

Dudek, S. M., & Bear, M. F. (1992). Homosynaptic long-term depression in area CA1 of hippocampus and effects of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor blockade. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 89(10), 4363-4367. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.89.10.4363

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