Fig 9. Simulation results match analysis predictions.

A, For 100 repetitions of simulation 1 without feedback inhibition, the mean ⟨v _p⟩ is calculated across trials and plotted against p, and error bars representing 10%–90% confidence intervals are calculated for every fifth pool by case resampling. The rate of increase of ⟨v _p⟩ closely matches the theory (dotted line) except in the first few pools, where the effect of initializing all voltages from zero may have artificially decreased the observed level of synchrony. B For 100 repetitions of simulation 1 with feedback inhibition, ⟨v _p⟩ is plotted with error bars representing 1%–99% confidence intervals calculated by case resampling. From pool 6 on, confidence intervals remain below the upper bound for $\mathbb{E}\left[v_p\right]$ estimated by our analysis (dotted line).