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 ...

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

Instead, it's controlled by the Pharyngeal plexus of the vagus nerve, which is the 10th cranial nerve. Injuries that may result in damage to the hypoglossal nerve are rare. Nerve damage can result ...

Current nonpharmacologic treatments include the vagus nerve stimulator, the ketogenic diet, and resective epilepsy surgery. The vagus nerve stimulator was approved in 1997 by the US Food and Drug ...

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

WVU Medicine announced Friday that Dr. Lawrence D. Morton has been named chief of pediatric neurology at the WVU Medicine ...

One way to think about your gut microbiome is that it’s the gardener for your entire body. By tending the plants (good ...

Nobody knows what causes Parkinson's, but new studies suggest it may begin in the gut and spread to the brain.