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LTP induction
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<p>The induction of NMDA receptor-dependent <a href="/facts/Long-term_potentiation/AbuJmBeo">long-term potentiation</a> (LTP) in <a href="/facts/Chemical_synapse/M1x5rhz7">chemical synapses</a> in the brain occurs via a fairly straightforward mechanism. A substantial and rapid rise in calcium ion concentration inside the postsynaptic cell (or more specifically, within the <a href="/facts/Dendritic_spine/wg54o3YT">dendritic spine</a>) is most possibly all that is required to induce LTP. But the mechanism of calcium delivery to the postsynaptic cell in inducing LTP is more complicated. </p>