facilitation

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.11767
  1. Neural facilitation: Increase in postsynaptic excitation as a result of very rapid firing of action potentials by a presynaptic neuron.
  2. Presynaptic facilitation: Increase of presynaptic excitation when an excited neuron receives additional excitatory impulses from other neurons.
Source:
PAC, 2015, 87, 841. (IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)) on page 867 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'facilitation' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.11767 RIS BibTex EndNote
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