Take a brief scan on Amazon and you’ll find hundreds of products promising to stimulate the vagus nerve. From vibrating ...

A novel gut-to-brain neural circuit establishes the vagus nerve as an essential component of the brain system that regulates reward and motivation, according to researchers.

The branches of the vagus nerve are intricately intermingled, making it extremely difficult to manipulate each organ separately.

The branches of the vagus nerve are intricately intermingled, making it extremely difficult to manipulate each organ separately. To address this challenge, the research team employed a combination of ...

Find out what you need to know about the vagus nerve. Discover what it does and how it affects your health.

The vagus nerve serves as the body's superhighway, carrying information between the brain and the internal organs and controlling bodily functions in times of rest and relaxation.

With a non-invasive, handheld device, which is being investigated for treating IBD, electrical stimulation is administered through the skin to either the right or left branches of the vagus nerve ...

Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects of mind such as mood, pleasure, and fear.

The vagus nerve is the body’s longest cranial nerve, extending from the brain to the gut, says Dr. Janna Gordon-Elliott, a psychiatrist at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.

As part of our new series on the various functions of the vagus nerve, we will examine how devices that directly stimulate this nerve may be able to reverse chronic inflammation.

Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects of mind such as mood, pleasure and fear.