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Synaptic Plasticity: LTP & LTD
Nervous system & stress
What this note covers
- Study Design Placement: Where Synaptic Plasticity Lives
- Long-Term Potentiation (LTP): Strengthening the Signal
- Long-Term Depression (LTD): Weakening the Signal
- Structural Plasticity: Sprouting, Rerouting, and Pruning
- How LTP, LTD, and Structural Plasticity Support Learning and Memory
- Connecting Plasticity to AOS2 Concepts: Classical Conditioning and Observational Learning
- Exam Technique: Answering Synaptic Plasticity Questions
7 sections · 14 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes
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