Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, ...

Just as a musician can train to more sharply distinguish subtle differences in pitch, mammals can improve their ability to ...

New research demonstrates that stimulating the vagus nerve enhances perceptual learning, allowing animals to better ...

New relief for people with conditions like Crohn’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis may be possible via an implant aimed at ...

The team that first recorded vagus nerve signals in humans has now isolated the electrical activity of individual neurons ...

Researchers have isolated the electrical activity of individual neurons in the vagus nerve responsible for regulating cardiovascular function in humans.

Currently, vagus nerve stimulation is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for epilepsy, treatment-resistant depression, stroke rehabilitation, and migraine. Epilepsy is a ...

SetPoint plans to launch a trial of its implant device, stimulating the vagus nerve to promote myelin repair, next year in ...

"Stress eating, also known as emotional eating, is the practice of using food to cope with or manage emotions, particularly ...

Every now and again, we get news of a scientific breakthrough that makes us want to put our heads through drywall, and this ...

The team that first recorded vagus nerve signals in humans has isolated the electrical activity of individual neurones responsible for cardiovascular ...

Initially used to combat recurring Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infections, FMT boasts a success rate of over 90 per cent.