title: Can cross-talk occur in human myelinated nerve fibers?
abstract: The possibility that impulse cross-talk can occur between myelinated human nerve fibers was explored.
  
  
  
  Instances of impulse conduction without decrement were found, and published recordings of compound action potentials of functionally homogeneous fibers were scrutinized.
  
  
  
  Both analytical approaches yielded results consistent with cross-talk occurring in some nerves after electrical stimulation.
  
  
  
  The possible ionic current paths in and out of neighboring fibers, which could be responsible for the phenomenon, have been considered in the light of seminal work on unmyelinated single axons. Muscle Nerve 54: 361-365, 2016.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, McMaster Health Sciences Centre, Room 3V48, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McComas
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000502:physiology*; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: conduction velocity; cross-talk; impulse conduction; myelinated nerve fibers; nerve conduction