Researchers in a 2021 review suggest this may occur if the vagus nerve transmits information from the gut to the brain that results in activation of immune cells, such as T cells, in the CNS.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
In my IBS research (of which there has been a lot), I’ve learned a lot about the vagus nerve. One of 12 cranial ... That makes it sound incredibly unsoothing, yet within minutes of plugging ...
Background: Cervical vagus nerve activation has been shown to have significant cardiac hemodynamic and electrophysiological effects. Transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation (tVNS) has been reported to ...
The recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) anatomy is designed to supply function to most muscles of the larynx (voice box). It branches from the vagus nerve (cranial nerve 10) but follows an unusual pathway ...
They are the oculomotor, facial, glossopharyngeal, and vagus nerves. These nerves are numbered using Roman numerals. The third nerve, the oculomotor nerve, helps you open and move your eyes.