It varies in its structure among cells of the nervous system but all synapses have some properties in common.

突触结构因神经系统细胞不同而不同,但突触都有某些共同属性

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I will, eventually, respond to Professor Kagan, but the synapses take a bit longer for that.

当然最后，我会回应卡刚教授这个称呼，但是，那会久一点。

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Even if tomorrow someone were to hand doctors a magic new technology that would enable to control neurons and synapses with whatever precision they want safely inexpensively.

就算明天有人交给医生一项神奇的新技术,让他能安全，随心所欲地控制神经元和神经突触。

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At the same time though, connections between neurons grow like crazy and they-- and this process of synaptic growth where there are the connections across different synapses peaks at about two years.

但与此同时,神经元之间的联结也在疯狂的生长,这个在不同突触间,形成联结的突触发育过程,在两岁时达到顶峰

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Those doctors would still not be able to improve school performance of the kids with learning disabilities and they would still not be able to prevent cognitive impairment and loss of memory in older adults because at this point we don't really understand enough about learning To know which neurons and synapses within a circuit would need to be tinkered with.

他恐怕还是改变不了有学习障碍的孩子们的表现,阻挡不了老年人的认知功能损害和记忆力的衰退,因为我们对这一学科的确知之甚少,不知道知道回路中的到底是哪些神经元和神经突触需要修复。

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