About the Authors

Skander Mensi

Affiliation Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience (LCN), Brain Mind Institute, School of Computer and Communication Sciences and School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Olivier Hagens

Affiliation Laboratory of Neural Microcircuitry (LNMC), Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Wulfram Gerstner

Affiliation Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience (LCN), Brain Mind Institute, School of Computer and Communication Sciences and School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Christian Pozzorini

christian.pozzorini@epfl.ch

Affiliation Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience (LCN), Brain Mind Institute, School of Computer and Communication Sciences and School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CP. Performed the experiments: OH. Analyzed the data: SM CP. Wrote the paper: CP WG. Designed the model, developed the fitting procedure, derived the analytical results and analyzed the model dynamics: CP SM. Implemented and performed the numerical simulations: SM.