New research reveals how your vagus nerve, gut microbiome and digital habits shape real, lasting happiness, from your immune ...

You might be met with blank stares, but this little-known nerve — and how use a "TENS" machine for vagus nerve stimulation (more about that to come) — is just beginning to get its due as the ...

The vagus nerve runs through your neck near the vocal cords, so it makes sense that gargling can activate the vagus nerve by stimulating the area. Simply take a sip of water, tilt your head back ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Just as a musician can train to more sharply distinguish subtle differences in pitch, mammals can improve their ability to interpret hearing, vision, ...

“This is one of the first demonstrations that non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation can enhance a complex cognitive skill like language learning in healthy people,” said Dr. Matthew Leonard, an ...

The vagus nerve passes through your vocal cords and the muscles at the back of your throat, connecting to your inner ear. This unique anatomical relationship means that activities involving your ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Just as a musician can train to more sharply distinguish subtle differences in pitch, mammals can improve their ability to interpret hearing, vision, ...

The right and left vagus nerve bundles each have more than 100,000 of these strands. "A lot of the fibers inform the brain about the inflammatory state of the entire body," Zanos says.

The vagus nerve's link to the immune system was discovered by accident more than 20 years ago. Northwell's Kevin Tracey and a team of researchers gave rats an experimental drug meant to prevent ...