About the Authors

David Golomb

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: golomb@bgu.ac.il

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Ben-Gurion University, Be'er-Sheva, Israel , Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University, Be'er-Sheva, Israel

Karnit Donner

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Ben-Gurion University, Be'er-Sheva, Israel , Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University, Be'er-Sheva, Israel

Liron Shacham

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Ben-Gurion University, Be'er-Sheva, Israel , Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University, Be'er-Sheva, Israel

Dan Shlosberg

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Ben-Gurion University, Be'er-Sheva, Israel , Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University, Be'er-Sheva, Israel

Yael Amitai

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Ben-Gurion University, Be'er-Sheva, Israel , Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University, Be'er-Sheva, Israel

David Hansel

Affiliations Laboratory of Neurophysics and Physiology, Université Paris René Descartes, Paris, France , CNRS UMR 8119, Paris, France , Franco-Israeli Laboratory of Neurophysics and System Physiology, Université Paris René Descartes, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

DG constructed the model and the theory and analyzed the data. DG and DH formulated the research questions. DG, KD, and LS performed the simulations and the bifurcation calculations. DS and YA performed the experiments. DG, DH, and YA wrote the paper.