Scientists have discovered how nerve cells stabilize visual images. Originally published: Jun 2 2015 - 10:45am, Inside Science News Service By: Lisa Marie Potter, Contributor ( Inside Science ) -- Thank goodness for autostabilization, the digital camera feature that compensates for movement to achieve that crystal-clear, spontaneous selfie. But even more importantly in daily life, our eyes have an ancient form of autostabilization that prevents the world from blurring by. Skinny nerve cells called axons connecting the eye and the brain trigger tiny eye movements that stabilize our field of vision. Image credit: See-ming Lee 李思明 SM via flickr | http://bit.ly/1ESzWYr Rights information: http://bit.ly/1dWcOPS For the first time, scientists have identified the molecules that make sure these axons are wired to the exact regions of the brain. The findings could help us understand eye movement disorders and could one day help regenerate damaged nerve cel
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