synaptic facilitation

What Is Presynaptic Facilitation?

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What Is Presynaptic Facilitation? An increase in the effect of a presynaptic neuron on a postsynaptic neuron caused by a third neuron that makes an axoaxonic synapse with the presynaptic neuron near its terminal bouton. From: presynaptic facilitation in A Dictionary of Psychology » How does synaptic facilitation occur? Synaptic facilitation, which is a transient

What Causes Short Term Synaptic Depression?

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What Causes Short Term Synaptic Depression? What causes short term synaptic depression? synaptic vesicles What causes short-term depression at synapses? STD is caused by depletion of neurotransmitters consumed during the synaptic signaling process at the axon terminal of a pre-synaptic neuron, whereas STF is caused by influx of calcium into the axon terminal after spike