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).