Now, a new crop of buzzy non-invasive VNS gadgets promises to relieve stress, sharpen focus and improve sleep in mere minutes ...

Sales of this £240 stress-busting device have rocketed thanks to a new Netflix documentary about a notorious biohacker.

to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator sends regular, mild electrical stimulations through this nerve to help calm down the irregular electrical brain activity that leads to seizures.

The vagus nerve, the longest nerve in the body, originates in the brainstem and extends down into the abdomen. It monitors and receives information about the functioning of the heart, lungs ...

Personalized auricular vagus nerve stimulation: beat-to-beat deceleration dominates in systole-gated stimulation during inspiration - a pilot study. Frontiers in Physiology , 2025; 15 DOI: 10.3389 ...

The vagus nerve is, in one way of thinking ... a large cluster of vagal neurons clings like a vine to the carotid artery in your neck. Its nerve fibers follow this network of blood vessels ...

Now, a new year-long trial of a treatment that involves electrically stimulating the vagus nerve has found promising results for people suffering with exactly this type of this 'treatment-resistant' ...