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. 2011 Feb 16;31(7):2421–2430. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5759-10.2011

Table 3.

Effects of 1, 5, and 10 Hz activation of the AVPV on subsequent firing rates of GnRH neurons

1 Hz (23)
5 Hz (24)
10 Hz (34)
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Instant frequency 1.08 ± 0.33 1.21 ± 0.37 1.07 ± 0.31 1.67 ± 0.44* 1.44 ± 0.33 2.05 ± 0.34***
Mean frequency 0.23 ± 0.10 0.28 ± 0.12 0.27 ± 0.12 0.31 ± 0.13 0.29 ± 0.09 0.67 ± 0.17***
Intraburst frequency 1.25 ± 0.40 1.50 ± 0.45 1.59 ± 0.49 2.07 ± 0.53 2.12 ± 0.46 3.08 ± 0.48***

Values in parentheses are number of neurons.

*p < 0.05,

***p < 0.001 compared with prestimulation period (paired-sample Wilcoxon tests).