This suggested to Tracey Shors, of Rutgers University in New Jersey, that the cells might be involved in forming such memories.

新泽西州鲁特·格斯大学(Rutgers University)的翠西·肖尔斯(Tracey Shors)由此想到，这些脑细胞可能与这些记忆的形成有关。

In the past, it was assumed that a female was simply a male with hormones, says Tracey Shors, a professor of neuroscience at Rutgers University.

Rutgers大学的神经科学教授Tracey Shors指出过去人们一直简单地认为女性与男性的差别仅在于前者要受激素的影响。

Dr Shors says that her work has shown that the female brain, at least, is very plastic, changing dramatically during life in response to pregnancy and menopause as well as puberty.

Shors博士说她的研究发现至少在女性中大脑是极具可塑性的，在怀孕、闭经和青春期都有显著变化。