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Experiments analysing the statistical properties of synaptic transmission, before and after the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP), suggest that expression of LTP largely arises in a presynaptic mechanism—an increased probability of transmitter release.
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Bekkers, J., Stevens, C. Presynaptic mechanism for long-term potentiation in the hippocampus. Nature 346, 724–729 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/346724a0
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