About the Authors

Udo A. Ernst

udo@neuro.uni-bremen.de

Affiliation Department of Neurophysics, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Sunita Mandon

Affiliation Department of Theoretical Neurobiology, Institute for Brain Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Nadja Schinkel–Bielefeld

Current address: Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Erlangen, Germany

Affiliation Department of Neurophysics, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Simon D. Neitzel

Affiliation Department of Theoretical Neurobiology, Institute for Brain Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Andreas K. Kreiter

Affiliation Department of Theoretical Neurobiology, Institute for Brain Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Klaus R. Pawelzik

Affiliation Department of Neurophysics, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UAE SM SDN AKK KRP. Performed the experiments: SM SDN. Analyzed the data: UAE. Wrote the paper: UAE SM NSB KRP.