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  • n  (medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously

  • Because that bit of information has gone through a chemical process called long-term potentiation (LTP) that strengthens the synapses.
  • In describing Anturane, Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceuticals said only: "Its pharmacologic activity is limited almost exclusively to the potentiation of the urinary excretion of uric acid.
  • This phenomenon, known as long-term potentiation, is believed to be the essence of one type of memory formation.

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