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 ...

In human biology, one unassuming nerve stands out as a critical player in our emotional well-being. The vagus nerve, often ...

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MS and the vagus nerve may affect each other. Preliminary animal research suggests vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) may help reduce certain processes, such as inflammation, that contribute to MS.

Researchers at Duke University School of Medicine have found that tapping into the nervous system could help reduce the gut inflammation that drives inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A new study ...

But things changed one night when he suffered a stroke that's left him with issues down his left side. We're with him at King ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new study led by Luis Ulloa, PhD, and Wei Yang, PhD, reveals how electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve-;a major nerve connecting the brain and gut-;may combat the stress-related inflammation ...