About the Authors

Roman Bauer

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Computing and Complex BioSystems Research Group (ICOS), School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Marcus Kaiser

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Computing and Complex BioSystems Research Group (ICOS), School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Elizabeth Stoll

elizabeth.stoll@newcastle.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

M. K. has served as an editor and is still in that role. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB ES. Performed the experiments: RB. Analyzed the data: RB ES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RB MK ES. Wrote the paper: RB MK ES.