The vagus nerve, a complex bundle of 200,000 fibers connecting the brain to vital organs, has remained a medical enigma for ...

The vagus nerve is a major pathway of the parasympathetic nervous system, which, along with the sympathetic nervous system, constitutes the autonomic nervous system. Normally, sympathetic and ...

A recent study in an animal model provides direct evidence for the role of the vagus nerve in gut microbiome-brain ...

New research provides direct evidence that the gut microbiome communicates with the brain through the vagus nerve.

Zapping the vagus nerve promotes blood clotting, new research suggests. These findings are the first evidence in humans of a "neural tourniquet," or a brain-based pathway that could reduce ...

“In future work, we plan to explore the interplay between the vagus nerve and the humoral pathway, which is a much slower pathway involving hormones and other signalling molecules in the blood.

A new study in an animal model provides direct evidence for the role of the vagus nerve in gut microbiome-brain communication, addressing a critical ...

The next big advance in treating diseases like rheumatoid arthritis could be tiny pulses of electricity delivered to the ...

“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 ...

The cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway signals through the efferent vagus nerve and is mediated primarily by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on tissue macrophages -- the pathway leads to ...

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 ...