Reticular theory captivated the field with its elegant simplicity.

网状理论以其优雅的简单性吸引了该领域。

60 years before reticular theory was born, developments in microscope technology revealed cells to be the building blocks of organic tissue.

在网状理论诞生前 60 年，显微镜技术的发展揭示了细胞是有机组织的基石。

This idea, called reticular theory, imagined the nervous system as a massive web of tissue that physically connected every nerve cell in the body.

这个想法，称为网状理论，将神经系统想象成一个巨大的组织网，物理连接身体中的每个神经细胞。

And what these new slides revealed would upend reticular theory— the branches reaching out from each nerve cell were not physically connected to any other tissue.

这些新幻灯片揭示的内容将颠覆网状结构理论——从每个神经细胞伸出的分支与任何其他组织没有物理连接。