Before revision:  Recently there has also been focus on achieving partial synchrony through clustering instead of complete neural desynchronization \mbox{%DIFAUXCMD tim,Matchen2018,clustered\hspace{0pt}%DIFAUXCMD . One motivation behind such clustering is to rewire neural connections by }  enhancing spike time dependent plasticity which potentiates intra-cluster synaptic connections and depresses inter-cluster connections.
After revision:  Recently there has also been focus on achieving partial synchrony through clustering instead of complete neural desynchronization \mbox{%DIFAUXCMD tim,Matchen2018,clustered\hspace{0pt}%DIFAUXCMD . One motivation behind such clustering is to rewire neural connections by } initially synchronized neural population. Given the proposed importance of enhancing spike time dependent plasticity which potentiates intra-cluster synaptic connections and depresses inter-cluster connections.