Table 1.

Membrane potential thermosensitivity by neuronal classification

		Temperature insensitive
	Warm sensitive (n= 19)	Moderate slope (n= 38)	Low slope (n= 45)	Silent (n= 15)	All neurones (n= 117)
Firing rate thermosensitivity (impulses s−1°C−1)	1.11 ± 0.10	0.41 ± 0.03	0.04 ± 0.01	—	0.33 ± 0.04
Membrane potential thermosensitivity (mV °C−1)	0.51 ± 0.08	0.55 ± 0.05	0.55 ± 0.05	0.50 ± 0.11	0.53 ± 0.03

Values given are means ±s.e.m. There is no significant difference in the integrated membrane potential thermosensitivity of different types of preoptic–anterior hypothalamic neurones.