| facilitation | <physiology> Greater effectiveness of synaptic transmission by successive presynaptic impulses, usually due to increased transmitter release. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| Wedensky facilitation | The arrival of an impulse at a blocked zone, enhancing the excitability of the nerve beyond the block and indicating that the neuromuscular preparation distal to the block has been changed even though the enhancing stimulus is not conducted through the blocked zone. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| social facilitation | Any enhancement of a motivated behaviour in which individuals do the same thing with some degree of mutual stimulation and consequent coordination. (12 Dec 1998) |