Why vagus nerve stimulation? In 1985 Zabara proposed that VNS might disrupt the hypersynchronous brain electrical activity that underlies epileptic seizures, and subsequent studies in animal models of ...

The vagus nerve, or cranial nerve 10, serves as a main communication channel between your gut and brain. Learn about its function, location, how to stimulate it, and more.

I have always been fascinated by the incredible connection between the mind and body in relation to physical health and mental well-being. During my research on this connection, I was intrigued by the ...

Vagus nerve stimulation is also used to treat some cases of depression that do not respond to standard treatment, and researchers believe it could be used in the future to treat Alzheimer’s ...

The vagus nerve inhibits the activity of the sympathetic system, slowing down the heart rate when it is appropriate, and acting somewhat like a brake in a car.

The Food and Drug Administration approved a vagus nerve stimulation device, which is similar to a pacemaker and implanted into a patient's neck, to treat epilepsy in 1997 and depression in 2005.

The vagus nerve is the body’s longest cranial nerve, extending from the brain to the gut, says Dr. Janna Gordon-Elliott, a psychiatrist at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.

Vagus nerve stimulation is already used to treat some other thorny neurological conditions. Implantable stimulators were first approved for epilepsy in 1997 and for depression in 2005.

The vagus nerve's link to the immune system was discovered by accident more than 20 years ago. Northwell's Kevin Tracey and a team of researchers gave rats an experimental drug meant to prevent ...

And now there are vagus nerve stimulators that promise to activate it, bringing about a whole host of mental, emotional and physical benefits. This nerve is thought to play a role in bodily ...

However, an impaired vagus nerve (poor vagal tone) often causes one access to only the primitive regions of the brain, which govern fear, anxiety, the fight-or-flight response, and depression.