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Neuron
A nerve cell that carries electrical and chemical signals. The human brain has about 86 billion of them.
Synaptic plasticity
Connections between neurons can strengthen with use. Long-term potentiation is a much-studied cellular model of learning and memory.Source: Bliss & Lomo, 1973
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Long-lasting potentiation of synaptic transmission in the dentate area of the anaesthetized rabbit following stimulation of the perforant path (opens the original in a new tab)
Bliss TV, Lomo T (1973). Journal of Physiology 232:331-356.
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