LTP may last
A) hours in living animals and indefinitely in a brain slice.
B) hours in a brain slice and indefinitely in living animals.
C) a few seconds in living animals and several hours in a brain slice.
D) a few seconds in a brain slice and several hours in living animals.

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LTP can last for hours in a brain slice but can potentially last indefinitely in living animals. This is because living animals have ongoing neural activity and synaptic plasticity mechanisms, whereas brain slices have limited neural activity and lack certain plasticity mechanisms.

LTP May Last