Thank u, necks! Pressing a $269 electrical device against the vagus nerve in your neck may be the secret to good vibes and stellar sleep. Implantable vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) devices, which can ...

The vagus nerve is the body’s longest nerve which ... Some anecdotal reports suggest that this can help with anxiety and insomnia. Is there any truth in the idea that stimulating it can help ...

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

Researchers at the Texas Biomedical Device Center—or TxBDC—discovered a way to retrain the brain’s fear response using a tiny ...

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

The many branches of the vagus nerve are increasingly seen as pathways for promoting or restoring health and ameliorating the physiologic unease that gives rise to anxiety and other negative ...

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

The pulses would be delivered via implanted devices that stimulate the vagus nerve, and they are showing promise in people ...

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

“Vagus nerve stimulation pulls you out of that stressful ... “If you were to take a look at disorders like sleep, anxiety, addiction, migraine headaches, cluster headaches, post-traumatic ...

The pulses would be delivered via implanted devices that stimulate the vagus nerve, and they are showing promise in people with arthritis and other autoimmune diseases, including Crohn's ...