Late nerve firing component arises from excitation peripheral to the cell body

Evidence

The late component can be ascribed to excitation peripheral to the cell body (Stypulkowski and van den Honert 1984 ) which is thought to occur to a larger extent near threshold (Briaire and Frijns 2005 ). — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 2444