Editing Synaptic plasticity (section)

===Synaptic enhancement===
Short-term synaptic enhancement results from an increased probability of synaptic terminals releasing transmitters in response to pre-synaptic action potentials. Synapses will strengthen for a short time because of an increase in the amount of packaged transmitter released in response to each action potential.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Stevens CF, Wesseling JF | title = Augmentation is a potentiation of the exocytotic process | journal = Neuron | volume = 22 | issue = 1 | pages = 139–46 | date = January 1999 | pmid = 10027296 | doi = 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80685-6 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Depending on the time scales over which it acts synaptic enhancement is classified as [[neural facilitation]], [[synaptic augmentation]] or [[post-tetanic potentiation]].