Post-stimulus time histograms (p.s.t.h.s) of voluntarily activated quadriceps motor units were made following femoral nerve stimulation. Stimulation was triggered at a fixed delay time after the activation of the motor unit. A special attempt was made to set this delay so that the motoneuronal after-hyperpolarization following the spike would partially prevent the discharge evoked by a monosynaptic excitatory post-synaptic potential