Often that signal gets amplified so it can be used, same thing happens inside cells and there's some output that's generated.

通常这些信号要放大后才会产生作用,诱发细胞内发生一些变化,并产生某种输出信号

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Another characteristic of the synapse is that the post-synaptic membrane, the membrane of the cell which is going to receive the signal has receptors on it.

突触的另一个特征是,它们都有一个突触后膜,这个膜上含有受体,可以接受信号

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Well, what happens when the signal gets to the end of the axon?

那当信号传导至轴突末端后又会发生什么

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Because this post-synaptic neuron is going to be receiving different signals from different cells, it's decision about what to do next, and the what to do next is either create an actual potential or not create an action potential.

因此突触后神经元可以接收,来自不同细胞的不同信号,然后决定后续反应,后续反应包括产生动作电位,或者不产生动作电位

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