In two recent papers (Curr Trends Neurol 17: 83-98, 2023; J Neurophysiol 124: 1029-1044, 2020), James Lee has argued that his Transmembrane Electrostatically-Localized Cations (TELC) hypothesis offers a model of neuron transmembrane potentials that is superior to Hodgkin-Huxley classic cable theory and the Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz (GHK) equation. Here we examine critically the arguments in these papers, finding key weaknesses and fallacies. We also examine closely the literature cited by Lee, and find (i) strong support for the GHK equation; (ii) published measurements that contradict TELC predictions; and (iii) no convincing support for the TELC hypothesis.
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