About the Authors

Alexis M. Dubreuil

Affiliations UMR 8118, CNRS, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Departments of Statistics and Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Yali Amit

Affiliation Departments of Statistics and Computer Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Nicolas Brunel

nbrunel@galton.uchicago.edu

Affiliations UMR 8118, CNRS, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Departments of Statistics and Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: AMD YA NB. Conceived and designed the model: AMD YA NB. Performed the calculations and numerical simulations: AMD YA NB.