Biology, Psychology, Mental Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy.
Long term potentiation (LTP) and long term depression (LTD), are forms of synaptic plasticity by which after repeated stimulation (for LTP, and lack thereof for LTD) from a presynaptic neuron, the same activation yields a greater (for LTP, or weaker for LTD) postsynaptic potential. LTP and LTD are