Targeted plasticity therapy (TPT) utilizes vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) to promote improvements in function following neurological injury and disease. During TPT, a brief burst of VNS induces ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. It is late at night. You are alone and wandering empty streets in search of your parked car when you hear footsteps creeping up from ...

The vagus nerve is the 10th cranial nerve ... As the RLN heals from injury, you may experience uncoordinated movements of the vocal cord that will go away with further healing.

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 (cranial nerve 10) but follows an unusual pathway ...

The responsiveness depends on the ability of the vagus nerve to feel so that it can properly send the impulse to the brain to initiate the LAR. If there is any injury or swelling of the vagus nerve, ...

The team that first recorded vagus nerve signals in humans has now isolated the electrical activity of individual neurons responsible for cardiovascular regulation. Published in the Journal of ...