Neurotransmitter release is stimulated by the electrical activity that reaches the end of the axon.

到达轴突末梢的电流变化,刺激了神经递质的释放

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There are sensory neurons, which take information from the world so as you see me, for instance, there are neurons firing from your retina sending signals to your brain.

感觉神经元,负责收集外界信息,比如,当你看到我的时候,视网膜上的神经元会产生神经冲动,将刺激信号传递到你的大脑

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Now, these signals can be either excitatory, which is that they raise the likelihood the neuron will fire, or inhibitory in that they lower the likelihood that the neuron will fire.

这些刺激信号可能是兴奋性的,会增加神经元产生神经冲动可能性,也可能是抑制性的,会降低神经元产生神经冲动的可能性

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Huxley points out, "How it is that anything so remarkable as a state of consciousness comes about as a result of irritating nervous tissue, is just as unaccountable as the appearance of the Djinn " - of the genie " when Aladdin rubs his lamp."

赫胥黎提出,"刺激人的神经组织,便能产生像意识状态这般奇异之物,这就好比阿拉丁一擦神灯,巨神灵就闪现出来一样魔幻,无法解释

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