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metaplasticity: a standalone construct

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the idea that prior synaptic activity changes how easily a synapse can later be potentiated or depressed, a higher-order form of plasticity.

In neuroscience, metaplasticity refers to the idea that prior synaptic activity changes how easily a synapse can later be potentiated or depressed, a higher-order form of plasticity. This meaning comes from Abraham (1996) in Trends in Neurosciences.[1]

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  1. Abraham, W. C., & Bear, M. F. (1996). Metaplasticity: the plasticity of synaptic plasticity. Trends in Neurosciences, 19(4), 126-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0166-2236(96)80018-x

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