Two different functions of the short-term process by itself and in conjunction with the long-term process occurring at any other part within the neural tree. By itself, short-term facilitation participates in short-term memory storage. In conjunction with long-term facilitation at any other synapse, the short-term process marks the specific synapse to which it is applied and allows it to capture and use productively the proteins necessary to establish the long-term process and to grow new synaptic connections.