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

The vagus nerve is so named because it “wanders” like a vagabond, sending out sensory fibers from your brainstem to your ...

Medically reviewed by Lauren Schlanger, MD 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 ...

Among the many operations of the body and brain it controls, the vagus nerve is responsible for relaxing tension, counteracting activity of the sympathetic nerves and establishing the very ...

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Here’s what she had to say. As the longest cranial nerve (nerves that arise directly from the brain) in the body, the vagus nerve plays an incredibly important role in the body’s ability to ...

For permission requests, please contact NEJM Reprints at [email protected] Since December 1, 1945, bilateral supradiaphragmatic resections of the vagus nerves on 33 patients with chronic peptic ...

Three nerves carry taste signals to the brain stem: the chorda tympani nerve (from the front of the tongue), the glossopharyngeal nerve (from the back of the tongue) and the vagus nerve (from the ...

For the past two years, Dr. Zanos’ team, supported by a NIH SPARC grant, has been mapping the microscopic anatomy of the human vagus nerve. Knowledge gained from the mapping study, along with ...

Among the many operations of the body and brain it controls, the vagus nerve is responsible for relaxing tension, counteracting activity of the sympathetic nerves and establishing the very ...