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Long-term potentiation (LTP) is a persistent increase in مشبك كيميائي following high-frequency stimulation of a مشبك كيميائي. Studies of LTP are often carried out in slices of the قرن آمون, an important organ for learning and memory. In such studies, electrical recordings are made from cells and plotted in a graph such as this one. This graph compares the response to stimuli in synapses that have undergone LTP versus synapses that have not undergone LTP. Synapses that have undergone LTP tend to have stronger electrical responses to stimuli than other synapses. The term long-term potentiation comes from the fact that this increase in مشبك كيميائي, or potentiation, lasts a very long time compared to other processes that affect synaptic strength.[1]