Table 1.

Properties of phasic bursting neurones in vivo and in vitro.

Authors	Preparation, recording	Burst Length (s)	Intraburst Firing Rate (Hz)	Silence Interval (s)
Armstrong and Sladek, 1982 (12)†	acute explant, extracellular	14.8 ± 0.8	7.9 ± 0.8	36.9 ± 2.3
Mason, 1983 (35)	acute slice, intracellular	16.7 ± 4.5	3.1 ± 0.3	28.2 ± 9.2
Sabatier et al., 2004 (39)†	acute slice, extracellular	41 ± 11	5.3 ± 0.7	35 ± 5
Li et al., 2007 (40)††	acute slice, whole cell	39.9 ± 1.5	3.4 ± 0.1	31.4 ± 0.9
Wakerley et al, 1978 (55)*	in vivo, extracellular	20.4	6.3	17.4
Sabatier et al., 2004 (39)††,**	in vivo, extracellular	62 ± 6	7.1 ± 0.3	37 ± 4
Nissen et al., 1993 (119)†,**	in vivo, extracellular	44.8 ± 7.8	8.1 ± 0.5	32.4 ± 6.7

All values x̄ ± s.e.m.

^*Dorsal approach, lactating females with minimal (6 hrs) dehydration. Normalized data, standard errors unreported.

^**Transpharyngeal approach.

^**Transpharyngeal approach.

^†male rats.

^††virginfemale rats.