Their study involved a group of proteins called cadherins, which help your cells stick together.

他们的研究涉及一组称为钙粘蛋白的蛋白质，可帮助您的细胞粘在一起。

But what they found was the opposite: mice that were producing more cadherin showed less tendency toward cocaine addiction.

但他们的发现恰恰相反：产生更多钙粘蛋白的小鼠表现出对可卡因成瘾的倾向较小。

In this study, researchers genetically engineered mice to produce extra cadherin, which they predicted would mean more stable synapses, stronger memories, and more tendency towards addiction.

在这项研究中， 研究人员对小鼠进行基因改造以产生额外的钙粘蛋白，他们预测这将意味着更稳定的突触、更强的记忆力和更容易上瘾的倾向。

But the mice with extra cadherin spent the time in both rooms. And the researchers took this to mean the genetically-engineered mice weren’t forming strong memories related to addiction.

但是具有额外钙粘蛋白的小鼠在两个房间都呆了。研究人员认为这意味着基因工程小鼠没有形成与成瘾相关的强烈记忆。

Our synapses need to get stronger and weaker, or reform completely for our memories to work properly, so flooding a human brain with extra cadherins isn’t something we would want to do.

我们的突触需要变得更强和更弱，或者彻底改造我们的记忆才能正常工作， 所以用额外的钙粘蛋白淹没人脑并不是我们想要做的事情。