Automatic transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation demonstrates high nightly use and therapy adherence in adults with central sleep apnea.

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Share on Pinterest Could the vagus nerve be key to reversing age-related memory loss? VILevi/Getty Images A study in mice concludes that age-related loss in memory function may be driven by changes in ...

A new paper in Comprehensive Physiology offers an encyclopedic review of research on vagus nerve stimulation for conditions from depression to rheumatoid arthritis. What type of medical intervention ...

People “hum into their phones, gargle with theatrical enthusiasm, dunk their faces into bowls of ice water, and poke at their ears”, said Katie Edwards and Dan Baumgardt on The Conversation. They are ...

How long have you got?” is Professor Owen Epstein’s response when I ask what the vagus nerve does. A pioneering consultant gastroenterologist, his areas of special interest include the role of the ...

Studies reported a 35% reduction in self-reported anxious thoughts following structured auricular vagus nerve stimulation, with improvements persisting beyond the stimulation period.” — Studies using ...

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For more than 100 years, scientists have tried to unlock the potential of the vagus nerve, sometimes known as the body’s "super highway." Extending from the brain stem, the vagus nerve, which has more ...