An experimental device that stimulates a key nerve connecting the heart and brain can improve fitness and exercise tolerance, ...

Boosting the body’s well-being sometimes feels complicated, but some powerful solutions are right inside everyone.

Chemical chatter from resident bacteria in the gut can hit the brain and nervous system in real time, shaping behavior and ...

Migraines and headaches are treated with non-invasive stimulation directed at the vagus nerve, thanks to a dedicated implant ...

The seven-year project, Vagus Nerve Stimulation for epilepsy in children and adults: Assessment of Longer term clinical and cost Effectiveness in a Randomised controlled Trial (VNS-ALERT), is led by ...

Rapid relief of radiotherapy-related neuropathic pain (RRNP) in head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors is challenging when relying solely on pharmacologic treatments, especially in the early stages of ...

The possibility of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), both invasively (iVNS) and non-invasively (i.e., transcutaneously; tVNS), has opened up new avenues to test a potential vagal route to memory in ...

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a promising application of bioelectronic medicine to treat many pathologies, ranging from epilepsy and depression to cardiovascular diseases. Conventional VNS is not ...