The vagus nerve does it all—tells your lungs to breathe, controls your heart rate, and even forms the foundation for a whole ...

The vagus nerve is a key part of the parasympathetic nervous system influencing bodily functions like heart rate digestion ...

The vagus nerve, a complex bundle of 200,000 fibers connecting the brain to vital organs, has remained a medical enigma for ...

Heart rate variability (HRV)—the variation in time between heartbeats ... The interaction between the heart and the brain, ...

heart rate and digestion. “Vagus nerve stimulation pulls you out of that stressful physiologic state. It puts you into a more metabolically stable and healthy state,” Dr. Peter Staats ...

Five people have now been examined in a pilot study. Their vagus nerve was electrically activated to lower their heart rate. It is already known from previous studies that heart rate is a ...

Vagus nerve stimulation has been dubbed one of 2025’s biggest wellness trends. But what is it? The vagus nerve is the main ...

A recent study in an animal model provides direct evidence for the role of the vagus nerve in gut microbiome-brain ...

Tiny pulses of electricity may provide the next big advance in treating diseases like rheumatoid arthritis. The pulses would be delivered via implanted devices that stimulate the vagus nerve, and ...

New research provides direct evidence that the gut microbiome communicates with the brain through the vagus nerve.

Among patients with chronic insomnia, transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation improves sleep quality and is safe and effective.

It would take decades of research to make that happen. The vagus nerve is actually a pair of nerves, right and left, that ...