Neuroimmune modulation represents a promising treatment strategy that uses vagus nerve stimulation to reduce inflammation in ...

Nearly 20 years ago, knowing all other options had failed, Nick’s sister, a nurse, recommended he check out a new treatment called vagus nerve stimulation, or VNS. The US Food and Drug ...

The latest and most promising solution to the problem of anxiety is the vagus nerve: the longest nerve in the human body, AKA the two-way “electrical information superhighway.” It runs from the base ...

Stimulating either of a pair of crucial nerves that carry messages from the brain to several major organs could be an ...

This could make vagus nerve stimulation a helpful part of treatment for certain inflammation-related conditions, like rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. Reducing epileptic ...

While at-home devices promise "mental fitness" benefits like improved mood and focus, scientific evidence supporting their ...

Background Limited therapeutic options are available for patients with treatment-refractory major depression who do not respond to routinely available therapies. Vagus nerve stimulation showed ...

Stimulating the vagus nerve can influence the pain of migraine and arthritis, as well as subdue many sources of visceral pain. It is considered a promising add-on treatment for inflammatory bowel ...

Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder in the US. In California, more than 427,000 people are living with ...

[1] Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) is currently approved both in Europe and in the USA as an adjunctive long-term treatment of chronic (actual episode ≥2 years) or recurrent depression for ...

Stimulating the vagus nerve can influence the pain of migraine and arthritis, as well as subdue many sources of visceral pain. It is considered a promising add-on treatment for inflammatory bowel ...