Anno Christopher Kurth

Thanks for the very thorough review and the nice comments. I hope I addressed all the issues you had.

For some reason, after bringing the branch up to date with master, the static code check does not pass anymore. If I understand the output correctly, the errors come from...

When deciding for a parametrization for rotation, as e.g. suggested in #2387 we need to be careful and avoid inconsistencies: - NEST already has an rotation parameter: ```azimuth_angle``` in the...

In the literature I only found ambiguous uses: [Here](http://observatory.brain-map.org/visualcoding/stimulus/drifting_gratings) (from Allen institute) the vertical axis corresponds to 0 deg. On the other hand, in this study by [Hubel and Wiesel](https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/jphysiol.1959.sp006308)...

> @ackurth Could you benchmark this branch on a single node with microcircuit, up to 128 threads? Just to check that the change does not introduce a performance regression. Will...

> @ackurth Could you benchmark this branch on a single node with microcircuit, up to 128 threads? Just to check that the change does not introduce a performance regression. I...