An opinion on the 'delayed spikes' in human motoneurons

Türker K. S.

Experimental Brain Research, cilt.240, sa.1, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Kısa Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 240 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00221-021-06290-7
  • Dergi Adı: Experimental Brain Research
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Psycinfo, Veterinary Science Database
  • İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

This is a note challenging the claim by Kudina and Andreeva’s recent publication in Experimental Brain Research. In that publication, Kudina and Andreeva (Exp Brain Res 239:719–730, 2021) put forward a new idea about discovering two spiking modes in human motoneurons. We suggest that what they have shown in their publication maybe is the motor unit firing indicating the end of a net synaptic potential. We reason this challenge from our previous publication in the same journal. In that publication, we have shown that the "second spiking mode" after the H-reflex was a return to the regular prestimulus discharge rate.