General Studies · Neurobiology of Memory
Which of the following accurately describes Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) and identifies the scientists who discovered it in the early 1970s?
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- 1It is the temporary weakening of signal transmission to prevent overstimulation, discovered by Alan Baddeley and Graham Hitch.
- 2It is the long-lasting strengthening of synaptic connections underlying learning and memory, discovered by Terje Lømo and Tim Bliss.✓
- 3It is the structural encoding of memory without any synaptic structural changes, discovered by Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin.
- 4It is the temporary storage of auditory information through subvocal repetition, discovered by Fergus Craik and Robert Lockhart.
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It is the long-lasting strengthening of synaptic connections underlying learning and memory, discovered by Terje Lømo and Tim Bliss.
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