 We show that the addition of propagation delay stabilizes the leading eigenfunction to changes in homeostatic parameters , and hence stabilizes the resulting receptive field structure .
<clarity>  We show that the addition of propagation delay stabilizes the leading eigenfunction to changes in homeostatic parameters , and hence stabilizes the resulting receptive field structure .
 We show that the addition of propagation delay stabilizes the leading eigenfunction to changes in homeostatic parameters .