About the Authors

Samuel A. Neymotin

samn@neurosim.downstate.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, State University of New York Downstate, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Markus M. Hilscher

Affiliations Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Thiago C. Moulin

Affiliation Medical Biochemistry Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Yosef Skolnick

Affiliations Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, State University of New York Downstate, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Computer Science Program, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Maciej T. Lazarewicz

Current address: Medtronic Neuromodulation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

William W. Lytton

Affiliations Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, State University of New York Downstate, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. The authors would also like to state that WWL is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAN WWL. Performed the experiments: SAN MH TM YS. Analyzed the data: SAN MH TM YS MTL WWL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MTL. Wrote the paper: SAN WWL.