In the inflammatory reflex, sensory input elicited by infection or injury travels through the afferent vagus nerve to integrative regions in the brainstem, and efferent nerves carry outbound ...

When your body encounters cold, particularly on your face or the back of your neck, it triggers what scientists call the mammalian diving reflex, a powerful vagal response. This reflex evolved to ...

Their first paper, ‘The Inflammatory Reflex’, published in Nature in 2002, tested the theory by stimulating the vagus nerve ...

The vagus nerve is so named because it “wanders” like a vagabond, sending out sensory fibers from your brainstem to your ...

Pulsetto is a wearable device that uses vagus nerve stimulation to reduce stress and improve sleep. The device is non-invasive and works by sending electrical impulses to the vagus nerve ...