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 crucial component of the autonomic nervous system, influencing vital functions such as heart rate, digestion, and mood. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) involves delivering mild ...

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

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

helping to regulate functions such as heart rate, digestion and respiratory rate. A vagus nerve stimulator delivers gentle electrical impulses to the vagus nerve, activating the parasympathetic ...

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

Yet there was a hidden connection that was only recently discovered, and it turns out to be quite important. The kind of irregular, ragged breathing that occurs in stressful situations is directly ...

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 ...

Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor has been studying grief for a long time. Part of her interest in the subject is personal.

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 ...

Created with Sketch. The vagus nerve monitors and regulates heart rhythms and is responsible for the fluctuations in heart rate to meet the routine and unplanned demands that are part of everyday ...

However, vagus nerve stimulation does not always work the ... Their vagus nerves were electrically activated to lower their heart rate. It is already known from previous studies that heart rate ...