Table 1.

Values for parameters used in the spiking simulations.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.20944.015

Parameter	Symbol	Value	Parameter	Symbol	Value
No. of conductor neurons		$300$	No. of student neurons		$80$
Reset potential	$V_R$	$-72.3\mathrm{mV}$	Input resistance	$R$	$353\mathrm{M}\mathrm{\Omega }$
Threshold potential	$V_{\text{th}}$	$-48.6\mathrm{mV}$	Strength of inhibition	$g_{\text{inh}}$	$1.80\mathrm{mV}$
Membrane time constant	${\tau }_m$	$24.5\mathrm{ms}$	Fraction NMDA receptors	$r$	$0.9$
Refractory period	${\tau }_{\text{ref}}$	$1.1\mathrm{ms}$	Strength of synapses from tutor	$w$	$100\mathrm{nA}$
AMPA time constant	${\tau }_{\text{AMPA}}$	$6.3\mathrm{ms}$	No. of conductor synapses per student neuron		$148$
NMDA time constant	${\tau }_{\text{NMDA}}$	$81.5\mathrm{ms}$	Mean strength of synapses from conductor		$32.6\mathrm{nA}$
Time constant for global inhibition	${\tau }_{\text{inh}}$	$20\mathrm{ms}$	Standard deviation of conductor–student weights		$17.4\mathrm{nA}$
Conductor firing rate during bursts		$632\mathrm{Hz}$