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单词 potentiation
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Definition of potentiation in English:

potentiation

noun
mass nounPhysiology
  • The increase in strength of nerve impulses along pathways which have been used previously, either short-term or long-term.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We hypothesized that in these patients theophylline, a drug that stabilizes breathing, may affect short-term potentiation.
    • Exposure to ozone causes acute changes in lung function, neutrophil infiltration, cytokine release, and potentiation of allergen-induced bronchoconstriction.
    • This increased strength, termed long-term potentiation, can be, despite its name, relatively short-lived.
    • Much is now known about the molecular basis of this phenomenon, called long-term potentiation.
    • And he can see in a normal animal a process when you fire nerves over and over again, they sort of step up and have more power each time they fire, it's called long term potentiation.
    • Researchers believe these synaptic changes, called long-term potentiation or LTP, are the basis for learning in the brain.
 
 

Definition of potentiation in US English:

potentiation

nounpəˌten(t)SHēˈāSH(ə)n
Physiology
  • The increase in strength of nerve impulses along pathways which have been used previously, either short-term or long-term.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We hypothesized that in these patients theophylline, a drug that stabilizes breathing, may affect short-term potentiation.
    • Much is now known about the molecular basis of this phenomenon, called long-term potentiation.
    • Researchers believe these synaptic changes, called long-term potentiation or LTP, are the basis for learning in the brain.
    • Exposure to ozone causes acute changes in lung function, neutrophil infiltration, cytokine release, and potentiation of allergen-induced bronchoconstriction.
    • And he can see in a normal animal a process when you fire nerves over and over again, they sort of step up and have more power each time they fire, it's called long term potentiation.
    • This increased strength, termed long-term potentiation, can be, despite its name, relatively short-lived.
 
 
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