But how could the glia in our experiment be detecting the neuronal firing, given that the axons made no synaptic connections with the glia and the axonal glia were nowhere near the synapse?

• 不过轴突并没有突触与神经胶细胞接触，而且轴突上的神经胶细胞又离突触那麽远，我们实验中的神经胶细胞如何才能够侦测神经元的活性呢？