Connectivity of winner and loser neurons.

(A) Schematic diagram of assortativity and disassortativity that are evaluated using the instrength- and the outstrength-correlation coefficient. Positive (negative) values of the coefficients represent assortativity (disassortativity) of networks, and zero corresponds to random networks. (B), (C) The time traces of the instrength- and the outstrength-correlation coefficient during STDP with external input firing rates of 1 spk/s (gray line), 10 spk/s (red line), and 40 spk/s (blue line). The coefficients are computed at every second.