These nerve fibers and their branches control the functions of glands and smooth muscles in most of your internal organs.

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 ...

This is because while stress usually triggers the body’s fight or flight response, slow breathing activates the vagus nerve, ...

Vagus nerve stimulation therapy improved the symptoms of treatment-resistant depression for nearly 500 participants in a ...

Two studies show positive treatment effect and improved quality of life among patients with treatment-resistant depression.

is a non-invasive method of electrically stimulating the vagus nerve by small electrodes placed on the outer ear at locations innervated by the auricular branch of the vagus nerve. According to ...

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 ...