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These experiments investigated the intracellular electrophysiology and morphology of SDN\u2010POA neurons and compared these properties with those of other medial preoptic area (MPOA) neurons. Biocytin\u2010injected cells in the SDN\u2010POA either had one or two primary dendrites, or they had multipolar dendritic arrays; dendrites were aspiny or sparsely spiny and displayed limited branching. Neurons in other parts of the MPOA were similar morphologically. Regardless of morphology, neurons situated in either the SDN\u2010POA or surrounding MPOA had low\u2010threshold potentials and linear or nearly linear current\u2010voltage relations. In most (73%) cells, stimulation of the dorsal preoptic region evoked a fast excitatory postsynaptic potential followed by a fast inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP). Bicuculline blocked the fast IPSPs, which reversed near the Cl<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> equilibrium potential (\u201071 \u00b1 5mV), indicating their mediation by gamma\u2010aminobutyric acid (GABA)<jats:sub>A<\/jats:sub> receptors.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Neurons in the SDN\u2010POA have electrophysiological properties similar to those of other medial preoptic cells. When compared with the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus, the MPOA appears relatively homogeneous electrophysiologically. This is despite the morphological variability within this population of neurons and heterogeneities that are also apparent at other levels of analysis. 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