About the Authors

Yuhan Chen

Affiliations Department of Physics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China, Centre for Nonlinear Studies, and Beijing-Hong Kong-Singapore Joint Centre for Nonlinear and Complex Systems (Hong Kong), Institute of Computational and Theoretical Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China

Shengjun Wang

Affiliations Centre for Nonlinear Studies, and Beijing-Hong Kong-Singapore Joint Centre for Nonlinear and Complex Systems (Hong Kong), Institute of Computational and Theoretical Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China, Department of Physics, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'An, Shaanxi Province, China

Claus C. Hilgetag

Affiliations Department of Computational Neuroscience, University Medical Center Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, School of Engineering and Science, Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany, Department of Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Changsong Zhou

cszhou@hkbu.edu.hk

Affiliations Department of Physics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China, Centre for Nonlinear Studies, and Beijing-Hong Kong-Singapore Joint Centre for Nonlinear and Complex Systems (Hong Kong), Institute of Computational and Theoretical Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China, Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Research Centre, HKBU Institute of Research and Continuing Education, Virtual University Park Building, South Area Hi-tech Industrial Park, Shenzhen, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CZ CCH. Performed the experiments: YC SW. Analyzed the data: YC SW CZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YC CCH CZ. Wrote the paper: YC CCH CZ.