Aiming those at the synapse under study enabled them to uncage the neurotransmitter and see, by measuring the electrical activity in that part of the neuron using an ultrafine electrode, whether the synapse responded.

将研究的突作为目标能够这些突神递，研究人员能够使用超细电极测量神元这一部分的电活动，以此来观察突是否有反应。