The trial was investigating the use of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an autoimmune ...

The vagus nerve, the longest nerve in the body, originates in the brainstem and extends down into the abdomen. It monitors and receives information about the functioning of the heart, lungs ...

The vagus nerve (also called the vagal nerve) is one of the 12 cranial nerves, which are nerves that start in the brain and ...

Here’s how ‘vagus nerve icing’ could help you to calm down before bed. One such ‘hack’ is ‘vagus nerve icing’ to ease anxiety. The technique, which was originally outlined in a ...

What may be new to us, at least in terminology, is the knowledge that one particular nerve group, called the vagus nerve, helps us counterbalance our flight or fight response. The vagus nerve is ...

Innervation plays a pivotal role in the development and functional control of tissues and organs, with the vagus nerve serving as a critical conduit for brain-body communication. This nerve's ability ...

Stimulating the vagus nerve can help sufferers of epilepsy, stroke and migraines, but the devices needed are unfunded here. Photo / Getty Images There is lots of buzz about the vagus nerve at the ...

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a neuromodulation therapy, which means it’s a treatment that changes the patterns of activity of your nerves. Vagus nerve stimulation can treat epilepsy ...

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