who discovered this?
LTP was first observed by Terje Lømo
Long-term potentiation
LTP was first observed by Terje Lømo in 1966 in the Oslo, Norway, laboratory of Per Andersen. There, Lømo conducted a series of neurophysiological experiments on anesthetized rabbits to explore the role of the hippocampus in short-term memory.

what is the best description for long-term potentiation (ltp) In neuroscience, long-term potentiation (LTP) is a persistent strengthening of synapses based on recent patterns of activity. These are patterns of synaptic activity that produce a long-lasting increase in signal transmission between two neurons. what is mean by the first mentioned science? It is the scientific study of the nervous system. regarding ltp; what is the earlier learning theory? The number of neurons in the adult brain (roughly 100 billion) did not increase significantly with age, memories were generally not the result of new neuron production, memories could form in the absence of new neurons.
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Long-term potentiation [SEP] Discovery
Bliss and Tony Gardner-Medwin published a similar report of long-lasting potentiation in the awake animal which appeared in the same issue as the Bliss and Lømo report. In 1975, Douglas and Goddard proposed "long-term potentiation" as a new name for the phenomenon of long-lasting potentiation. Andersen suggested that the authors chose "long-term potentiation" perhaps because of its easily pronounced acronym, "LTP".