Deep breathing is one of the most effective ways to stimulate the vagus nerve. Taking slow, deep breaths can activate the nerve, helping you feel calm and relaxed. Try to breathe in a way that you ...

Now, a new year-long trial of a treatment that involves electrically stimulating the vagus nerve has found promising results for people suffering with exactly this type of this 'treatment-resistant' ...

Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president and former Telangana governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan appeared to defend the director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, V. Kamakoti who has ...

This study evaluated the role of transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation (taVNS) in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) randomized to taVNS vs sham, finding that those with active ...

The authors provide a solid set of data supporting the safety of transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation on cardiovascular parameters in the acute setting of critically ill patients ...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator ...

Aside from inhibiting production of TNF, interleukin (IL)-1-beta and IL-6, the vagus nerve is also involved in the phosphorylation of Janus kinase (JAK)-2 and signal transducer and activator of ...

Scientists discovered that the earliest ecdysozoans likely had a single ventral nerve cord, with paired cords evolving independently in some groups. Fossil evidence links nerve cord evolution to body ...

Background: Multiple system atrophy-cerebellar subtype (MSA-C) is a predominance of cerebellar ataxia and autonomic failure. MSA-C has a rapid progression, with average 9 years from symptom onset to ...

Scientists have unraveled the evolutionary history of the ventral nerve cord in ecdysozoan animals, revealing that the common ancestor likely possessed a single ventral nerve cord. Paired nerve ...