New research provides direct evidence that the gut microbiome communicates with the brain through the vagus nerve.

A recent study in an animal model provides direct evidence for the role of the vagus nerve in gut microbiome-brain ...

The vagus nerve does it all—tells your lungs to breathe, controls your heart rate, and even forms the foundation for a whole ...

Love is a powerful interplay of brain chemistry, heart regulation, and evolution. On Valentine’s Day, we celebrate love’s ...

You've heard massaging it can relieve stress—now experts have found the 27 million U.S. autoimmune sufferers could find ...

The next big advance in treating diseases like rheumatoid arthritis could be tiny pulses of electricity delivered to the ...

The CNS includes the brain and spinal cord, and the PNS is made up of all the body’s remaining nerves. The PNS can also be subdivided into smaller components: the somatic and autonomic nervous systems ...

This method is sometimes referred to as an ‘electric pill’. However, vagus nerve stimulation does not always work the way it is supposed to. A study conducted by TU Wien (Vienna) in ...

The left and right phrenic nerves send signals to control the diaphragm, which receives its blood supply primarily from the inferior phrenic arteries. The diaphragm is primarily composed of muscle and ...

Disease signatures have been shown in waveform data (EEG, respirogram, temperature), but Lerman and colleagues suggest that monitoring the activity of the vagus and other nerves in the autonomic ...

This study examined the effects of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) on cardiovascular function in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). We investigated both the ...

Given the anti-inflammatory effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) and its ability to promote brain plasticity, taVNS has emerged as a promising therapeutic option for SAH ...