But it cannot show which synapses on them are silent.

但无法确定树突丝上哪些突触是沉默突触。

As these new synapses are created, memories form.

当这些新突触产生时，记忆就形成了。

By the age of three, a child's brain has twice as many synapses per neuron than in adults.

到三岁时，儿童大脑中每个元突触数量是成年人两倍。

If you're thinking cerebrum. Oh, synapse, I think neuron to something.

如果你在想大脑、突触，我想是元。

There are hundreds, possibly thousands of different kinds of connections, or synapses.

有成百上千种不同类型连接，或突触。

This information is saved by altering neurons and creating synapses and connections.

这样能因元不断改变及和连结创造而被储存下来。

The human brain has 100 billion neurons and up to 150 trillion synapses.

人脑含有1000亿个元和多达150兆。

The result was no damage to synapses, and no hearing loss in the mice.

结果是突触没有损伤，小鼠也没有听力损失。

Some of your synapses are electrical — that would be like an immediate group text.

你一些突触是电——这就像一个即时小组聊天。

To distinguish the kind of synapse and precisely how strong each synapse is, we'll need even better resolution.

为了区分突触种类以及每个突触强度，我们将需要更好分辨率。

The metaphor of the brain is tempting, but " neurons" and " synapses" deserve those scare-quotes.

大脑这个比喻听起来很诱人，但是“元”和“突触”值得我们引用一下。

" And they will form connections, and these connections will form functional synapses that will, later on, turn into networks."

“它们会形成连接，这些连接会形成功能性突触，突触随后会联成网络。”

They studied 2,234 synapses between cortical nerve cells of a type called pyramidal neurons, which have thousands of synapses each.

他们研究了2234个皮质细胞之间突触，这种突触被称为锥体元，每个锥体元有数千个突触。

SSRIs reduce the reuptake of serotonin, which increases the amount of serotonin hanging around synapses.

SSRIs 减少了对 5-羟色胺再摄取，从而增加了突触周围 5-羟色胺含量。

The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons, connected by at least a hundred trillion synapses.

人脑包含约860亿个元，它们通过至少一百万亿个突触相连。

I think it was quitting smoking that slowed me down; nicotine is a great synapse enhancer.

我想大概是戒烟让我速度减慢了；尼古丁在加强突触活动方面功效很强。

To understand how cocaine works, let's zoom into one of the synapses of the brain.

为了弄清可卡因作用机制，让我们来讲一讲大脑突触！

The two neurons communicate at the synapse, where one neuron sends neurotransmitters to the next neuron.

如图这两个元在突触处进行信传递，由一个元将递质传递给下一个元。

This drug works at the junction — or synapse — between the hair cells and nerve cells.

这种药物作用于毛细胞和细胞之间连接处或突触。

The synapses add existing footage from the long-term memory to make it a creative and memorable experience.

这些突触添加了长期记忆中已有片段，使之成为一种创造性、令人难忘体验。