About the Authors

Yasser Roudi

Affiliations Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, United States of America

Sheila Nirenberg

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, United States of America

Peter E. Latham

pel@gatsby.ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: YR PEL. Wrote the paper: YR SN PEL. Conceived and designed the study: YR SN PEL. Performed the experiments/simulations/mathematical derivations: YR PEL.