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Front 1

过犹不及

Back 1

Too much water drowned the miller

Front 2

那只完成了一半

Back 2

That's only half the story/this "simple" story is not complete

Hint 2

The Nissl stain, however. does not tell the whole story

Front 3

关键时刻

Back 3

trying time

Front 4

本末倒置

Back 4

put the cart before the horse

Front 5

一样常见

Back 5

be as common an occurance as sth

Hint 5

be similar to

Front 6

换言之

Back 6

Seated another way

Front 7

目前为止的证据

Back 7

the evidence to date

Front 8

结果

Back 8

result

Hint 8

Thus, like cerebellar LTD, LTP results when synaptic stimulation (event 1) coincides with strong postsynaptic depolarization (event 2).

Front 9

毋庸置疑

Back 9

Needless to say

Front 10

迷信

Back 10

blind faith

Front 11

长期利益

Back 11

long-run/long-term interests

Front 12

双向的过程

Back 12

It is a two-way street

Front 13

等于

Back 13

what it amounts to/ it's equivalent

Hint 13

What it amounts to is theft by the sate or the majority.

Front 14

寻找

Back 14

hunt for

Hint 14

We hunted for a way out of the valley./The negotiators hunted for a solution to the problem.

Front 15

不可避免的

Back 15

inevitably

Front 16

是……的几倍

Back 16

be five times stronger than steel

Front 17

有趣的是

Back 17

Interestingly/intriguingly/Curiously/of particular interest

Hint 17

Of particular interest is a region called the pore loop, which contributes to the selectivity filter that makes the channel permeable mostly to K+ ions

Front 18

能

Back 18

be capable of/be able to

Front 19

之后很难跟踪

Back 19

the trail gets harder to follow

Front 20

分为两部分

Back 20

this trail may branch / diverge

Hint 20

Current research suggests that this trail may actually branch

Front 21

精确定位

Back 21

pinpoint

Hint 21

pinpointing where and how a molecule contributes to learning can be difficult.

Front 22

什么的基础

Back 22

the molecular basis of …

Front 23

持续多少天

Back 23

lasting days/months/years

Hint 23

However, instead of lasting days to weeks, the synaptic potentiation gradually disappears over a few hours.

Front 24

诱惑

Back 24

allure

Hint 24

there is also the allure of performance enhancement in otherwise healthy people.

Front 25

用一个比喻

Back 25

by analogy

Hint 25

By analogy, "Viagra for the brain", as such memory enhancers have been whimsically called, will likely be available in the next few years.

Front 26

最高达到

Back 26

peak at

Hint 26

peaking at the astonishing rate of 250,000 new neurons per minute.

Front 27

有特点的……

Back 27

characteristic

Hint 27

In the adult, there are six cortical layers, and the neurons in each of these layers have characteristic appearances and connections that distinguish striate cortex from other areas.

Front 28

注定

Back 28

be destined to

Hint 28

"The first cells to migrate away from the dorsal ventricular zone are destined to reside in a layer called the subplate,

Front 29

与……不一致

Back 29

be at odds with something

Hint 29

This finding initially seemed to be at odds with the protomap hypothesis.

Front 30

鸡生蛋，蛋生鸡问题

Back 30

chicken-and-egg problem

Hint 30

This is beginning to sound like the chicken-and-egg problem!

Front 31

在那种情况下都不会

Back 31

in no case

Hint 31

In no case would you enter the other optic nerve.

Front 32

起重要作用

Back 32

be important/essential, play an important/critical/key role

Front 33

像什么一样

Back 33

act like

Hint 33

"act like a shepherd to gather the postsynaptic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) at the synapse.

Front 34

以不同的顺序

Back 34

in different/descending/ascending order

Hint 34

Similar steps are involved in synapse formation in the CNS, but these may occur in a different order, and they definitely use distinct molecules

Front 35

一直

Back 35

all the way

Hint 35

A prolonged period of development follows, from before birth all the way through adolescence, in which these connections are refined

Front 36

古板的

Back 36

stereotype

Hint 36

Autism is a developmental disorder in humans characterized by repetitive or stereotyped patterns of behavior and impairments in communication and social interactions.

Front 37

给什么减速

Back 37

put a brake on sth

Hint 37

fragile X. FMRP normally functions to put a brake on protein synthesis in neurons.

Front 38

值得进一步考虑的

Back 38

merit further thought

Hint 38

Another issue that merits further thought is how to assess the outcome of a memory intervention

Front 39

很大程度上

Back 39

to a significant extent

Hint 39

Thus, we will find that the ultimate performance of the adult visual system is determined to a significant extent by the quality of the visual environment during the early postnatal period.

Front 40

没有人能比得上

Back 40

none other than

Hint 40

The neuroscientists who pioneered this field were none other than David Rubel and Torsten Wiesel

Front 41

认识到……很重要

Back 41

It is important to recognize that

Front 42

没法证明

Back 42

There is no way to prove

Hint 42

There is no way to prove whether the complex sensations evoked by temporal lobe stimulation are recalled memories.

Front 43

最后的(努力/尝试)

Back 43

last ditch

Hint 43

The negotiators made a last-ditch effort to reach an agreement.

Front 44

……掩盖了……

Back 44

belie

Hint 44

However, this normal appearance belies the reality that the surgery left him with an amnesia so profound that he is incapable of performing basic human activities.

Front 45

这是通向……的一小步

Back 45

It is a small step toward …

Hint 45

It was a small step toward better objectivity.

Front 46

……是否

Back 46

Whether or not …

Hint 46

Whether or not there are place cells in the human beings is not known.

Front 47

不能否认的是

Back 47

it is undeniable that

Hint 47

In one sense, it is undeniable that the hippocampus, at least in rats, plays an important role in spatial memory.

Front 48

处在重要的一环

Back 48

sit at a key location in … loop

Hint 48

The striatum sits at a key location in the motor loop, receiving input from frontal and parietal cortex and sending output to thalamic nuclei and cortical areas involved in movement.

Front 49

相对而言

Back 49

relatively

Hint 49

Compared to the sensory and motor cortical areas, the function of prefrontal cortex is relatively poorly understood.

Front 50

被假定为

Back 50

be assumed to

Hint 50

Prefrontal cortex is often assumed to be involved in those characteristics that distinguish us from other animals.

Front 51

远非……

Back 51

far from

Hint 51

Far from being overly specialized, the field is as broad as nearly all of natural science.

Front 52

把……天平偏向……

Back 52

tilt the scales of … toward …

Hint 52

"The person usually credited with tilting the scales of scientific opinion firmly toward localization of function in the cerebrum was French neurologist