Long-Term Synaptic Depression

"Long-Term Synaptic Depression" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A persistent activity-dependent decrease in synaptic efficacy between NEURONS. It typically occurs following repeated low-frequency afferent stimulation, but it can be induced by other methods. Long-term depression appears to play a role in MEMORY.

Descriptor ID	D036881
MeSH Number(s)	G11.561.638.355
Concept/Terms	Long-Term Synaptic Depression Long-Term Synaptic Depression Long Term Synaptic Depression Synaptic Depression, Long-Term Long-Term Depression, Physiological Depression, Physiological Long-Term Depressions, Physiological Long-Term Long Term Depression, Physiological Long-Term Depressions, Physiological Physiological Long-Term Depression Physiological Long-Term Depressions Long-Term Depression, Neurophysiological Depression, Neurophysiological Long-Term Depressions, Neurophysiological Long-Term Long Term Depression, Neurophysiological Long-Term Depressions, Neurophysiological Neurophysiological Long-Term Depression Neurophysiological Long-Term Depressions Long-Term Depression, Physiologic Long Term Depression, Physiologic Physiologic Long-Term Depression Long-Term Depression, Neurophysiologic Long Term Depression, Neurophysiologic Neurophysiologic Long-Term Depression Depotentiation Depotentiation Homosynaptic Depression Depression, Homosynaptic

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Biological Sciences [G]
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena [G11]
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena [G11.561]
Neuronal Plasticity [G11.561.638]
Long-Term Synaptic Depression [G11.561.638.355]

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