potentiation

American  

[puh-ten-shee-ay-shuhn] / pəˌtɛn ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. Medicine/Medical. the process, instance, or effect of increasing a drug's potency by administering a second drug simultaneously.

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Other Word Forms

• depotentiation noun

Example Sentences

The researchers also observed that p53 levels were elevated after a period of active communication between hippocampal neurons called long-term potentiation.

From Science Daily

Long-term synaptic potentiation, a process whereby synapses are strengthened through greater activity, is thought to have key roles in mammalian learning and memory.

From Nature

Specifically, it appears alcohol impairs the so-called long-term potentiation of synapses at the pyramidal cells in the hippocampus.

From Scientific American

But long-term potentiation leaves a few open questions.

From Scientific American

This process, known as long-term potentiation, goes awry in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.

From Economist