Vagus means wandering, and the vagus nerve, after it leaves the base of the brain, sends branches to the ears, the throat, the heart, the lungs, and the digestive tract, with stops along the way ...

Tiny pulses of electricity may provide the next big advance in treating diseases like rheumatoid arthritis. The pulses would be delivered via implanted devices that stimulate the vagus nerve, and they ...

The pulses would be delivered via implanted devices that stimulate the vagus nerve, and they are showing promise in people with arthritis and other autoimmune diseases, including Crohn's ...

Summary: New research provides direct evidence that the gut microbiome communicates with the brain through the vagus nerve. Using germ-free mice, scientists observed significantly reduced vagal nerve ...

“We know that the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway is a regulatory mechanism that uses the vagus nerve to reduce inflammation,” she said. Aside from inhibiting production of TNF ...

(via SciShow) The vagus nerve is kind of a wellness it-girl right now. But some of the claims that influencers make about it are a little... out there. So we decided to do some research and get to the ...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator ...

AIMS To define how often transient pulmonary branch stenosis (PBS) develops after closure of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in babies born at less than 32 weeks gestation; to describe the natural ...

Eighteen cases of stenosis of the branches of the pulmonary artery, seen at the Mayo Clinic, have been reviewed and subdivided into two main types: Type I, stenosis of the main branches of the ...

LPA, left pulmonary artery; LSPV, left superior pulmonary vein; LOM, the ligament of Marshall; LAA, left atrial appendage. The blue lines represent sympathetic nerve fibers, and the green lines ...