An opinion on the 'delayed spikes' in human motoneurons
Experimental Brain Research, vol.240, no.1, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Letter
- Volume: 240 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2022
- Doi Number: 10.1007/s00221-021-06290-7
- Journal Name: Experimental Brain Research
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Psycinfo, Veterinary Science Database
- Istanbul Gelisim University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
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.