Emergence of Functional Circuits in the Early Visual Pathway

This book discusses the emergence of diverse functional organizations in the visual pathway which could be spontaneously and solely initiated by the random feedforward wiring of neural circuits. It demonstrates that the structure of ON and OFF retinal ganglion cell (RGC) mosaics is projected onto V1 by retino-cortical feedforward mapping to induce higher cognitive functions. This book will be beneficial for both theoretical and experimental neuroscientists, as well as for researchers using brain-inspired neural network models.

Answers to the central question in neuroscience: how is the cognitive function initiated?

Explains how the innate cognitive function observed in newborn animals arises in the brain

Refutes various previous studies focusing on the intra-cortical mechanism