Table 1. Parameters of a network of neurons with nonlinear dendrites (cf. Eq (4)) and their optimal values.

	explanation	optimal value
Dnj	coupling from the jth dendrite of neuron nto its soma	$D_{nj}={\sum }_{i=1}^J{\Gamma }_{in}{A}_{ij}$
Wnjm	coupling strength from neuron m to the jth nonlinear dendrite of neuron n	Wnjm = Γjm
${\tilde{U}}_{nm}$	slow coupling from neuron m to neuron n; diagonal elements incorporate a recovery current	${\tilde{U}}_{nm}=a{\sum }_{j=1}^J{\Gamma }_{jn}{\Gamma }_{jm}+\mu {\lambda }_s{\delta }_{nm}$ a = λs − λx
Unm	fast coupling from neuron m to neuron n; diagonal elements incorporate the reset	$U_{nm}={\sum }_{j=1}^J{\Gamma }_{jn}{\Gamma }_{jm}+\mu {\delta }_{nm}$
θn	threshold of neuron n	${\theta }^n=\frac{U_{nn}}{2}$