The disturbed physiology that marks states of threat is often a player—sometimes an unrecognized one—in chronic physical and psychiatric disorders, giving the vagus nerve a huge role in ...

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

Some researchers feel that the biggest potential benefit of vagus nerve modulation could be in helping the brain repair from ...

As a result, strong vagal activity is associated with better management of inflammation in the body, and a reduced risk of inflammatory diseases. This could make vagus nerve stimulation a helpful ...

Inflammation is the body’s response to injury and infection. To better understand how the body’s nerves and neurons detect ...

These findings contribute to the growing body of research suggesting that non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation could have ...

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 ...

Vagus nerve stimulation showed adjunctive antidepressant ... for resistant depression (3 patients with major depressive disorder and 2 with bipolar disorder). Methods Response was defined as ...

The vagus nerve is part of the parasympathetic nervous system. It controls relaxation, rest and digestion. And it has a lot of potential when it comes to combating depression, eating disorders and ...

The disturbed physiology that marks states of threat is often a player—sometimes an unrecognized one—in chronic physical and psychiatric disorders, giving the vagus nerve a huge role in ...

like vagus nerve implants, to control the body's immune response and inflammation. If inflammation is successfully controlled, diseases – such as arthritis, pulmonary hypertension, heart failure ...

[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 ...