TO THIS POINT, work by us and others had led to the conclusion that a glial cell senses neuronal action potentials by detecting ATP that is either released by a firing axon or leaked from the synapse.

• 我们与其他人的研究至此得出了结论：神经胶细胞藉著侦测由激发轴突释放或是从突触渗漏的ATP，而能知道神经元产生了动作电位。