About the Authors

Yaroslav I. Molkov

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Natalia A. Shevtsova

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Choongseok Park

Current address: Department of Mathematics, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Alona Ben-Tal

Affiliation Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand

Jeffrey C. Smith

Affiliation Cellular and Systems Neurobiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jonathan E. Rubin

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ilya A. Rybak

rybak@drexel.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: IAR YIM JER. Conceived and designed the model: IAR YIM AB-T JER NAS JCS. Selected and adjusted model parameters: YIM AB-T NAS CP JCS IAR. Performed computer simulations: YIM NAS CP. Analyzed the results: IAR YIM JER JCS.