Spike timing dependent plasticity (STDP) is a form of synaptic plasticity naturally occurring in neurons. The STDP is a highly non-linear phenomenon. It is believed to strengthen synapses that are activated within 20-40 ms before a postsynaptic spike, and to weaken those that are activated within a similar time window after the spike.

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• Senn W., Markram H., Tsodyks M.; An algorithm for Modifying Neurotransmitter Release Probability Based on Pre- and Postsynaptic Spike Timing. Neural Computation 13, 35-67 (2000).