They also increase a person's risk of infections. Vagus nerve stimulation might offer a way to augment or replace drug treatment, doctors say. Sponsor Message "Neural signals have the ability to ...

Some health problems, from chronic pain and inflammation to neurological diseases, can also be treated by nerve stimulation, for example with the help of electrodes that are attached to the ear ...

vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), more. digestion heart rate breathing cardiovascular activity reflex actions, such as coughing, sneezing, swallowing, and vomiting It plays a role in the autonomic ...

Researchers found that a single 30-minute session of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) led to notable ...

AN entrapment neuropathy of the ilioinguinal nerve can cause pain and disability that may present serious diagnostic difficulties. The nerve is analogous to an intercostal nerve since it has both ...

Another incision is made on the left side of the neck and a thin wire (placed just under the skin) runs from the device to the large vagus nerve in your neck. The device sends out pulses of ...

Implantable vagus nerve stimulation devices have long been used to treat epilepsy, depression and stroke. A new crop of buzzy non-invasive VNS gadgets, like the one shown here from Truvaga ...

Objectives: Afferent nerve stimulation, such as acupuncture and transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS), has shown a blood pressure reduction in both animal and man. In the present open ...

Nearly 20 years ago, knowing all other options had failed, Nick’s sister, a nurse, recommended he check out a new treatment called vagus nerve stimulation, or VNS. The US Food and Drug ...

The results of the trial, published last month in a pair of studies in the journal Brain Stimulation, show that stimulating the vagus nerve can alleviate depressive symptoms, improve life quality ...

The study found that people who received gentle electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve were less susceptible to this illusion, indicating they were more in touch with signals from their real body.