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These are actually penile
组织浴槽中放置的
blood vessels that we have in a tissue bath.
是真的阴茎血管组织
Think of this as the brain.
把这个看作是大脑
This is the brain and the spinal cord.
这是大脑和脊髓
When you're becoming aroused,
当你性唤起时
your brain switches on.
大脑就会激活
We can mimic this by switching on
我们可以通过打开这些等同于
the equivalent of the central nervous system in the brain.
中枢神经系统的开关来模拟这一过程
It sends electricity down
它将电流传递到
to the tissue bath and across the tissues,
组织浴槽中 穿过组织
and when we pass an electric current across these
当电流通过小片的阴茎组织时
small pieces of penile tissue, they relax and
它们就会松弛下来
ultimately that's what happens during penile erection.
事实上 这就是阴茎勃起的过程
Relaxed penile blood vessels mean
阴茎血管松弛
more blood flow to the penis, and so an erection.
意味着更过血液流向阴茎 导致勃起
What Chris did was take penile blood vessels
克里斯从阳痿病人体内
from impotent men,
提取了阴茎血管组织
vessels that didn't respond
当大脑开关被打开的时候
when he flicked the brain switch,
血管组织并没有产生反应
and then added UK 92480 to the tissue bath.
随后将UK92480加入组织浴槽中
What was most amazing about this study
最不可思议的事情发生了
was that we saw a restoration of erectile response.
阴茎组织重新出现了勃起反应
It's very rare in any tissue preparation
在任何组织标本里 由功能障碍
to convert dysfunctional to normal function, and so now
到功能正常的转变都是很罕见的
we were really onto something
因此我们现在所经历的这一切
that could only be described as special.
只能用一个词来形容 特别

重点解释

Think of this as the brain.把这个看作是大脑

think of想到；考虑；想象；设想；打算；认为

It was sweet and thoughtful of you to think of it.

你们真好，为我想得那么周到。

What do you think of my new car?

你觉得我的新车怎么样？

When you're becoming aroused, your brain switches on.当你性唤起时大脑就会激活

switch on(用开关)开启

The video is programmed to switch on at ten o'clock.

电视机设定在10点钟自动打开。

Just put the plug in the socket and switch on the machine.

只需将插头插入插座并开动机器就行了。

and then added UK 92480 to the tissue bath.随后将UK92480加入组织浴槽中

add to增加

I have nothing to add to my earlier statement.

我对我先前说的话，没有什么补充的。

I didn't want to add to Mother's misery.

我不愿意增加母亲的痛苦。