Before revision:  Thus , we provide novel insight into the macroscopic effects of short-term synaptic plasticity in spiking neural networks, as well as two different mean-field descriptions for future investigations of such networks.
After revision:  Using bifurcation analysis, we find that QIF networks with pre-synaptic short-term plasticity can express regimes of periodic bursting activity as well as bi-stable regimes. Together , we provide novel insight into the macroscopic effects of short-term synaptic plasticity in spiking neural networks, as well as two different mean-field descriptions for future investigations of such networks.