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

Synchronizing vagus nerve stimulation with natural body rhythms, such as the heartbeat and breathing, significantly improves ...

Through its huge role in stress and its relief, the vagus nerve influences inflammation. The stress response to threat ... to foster relaxation. In diaphragmatic breathing, the belly expands ...

When we are faced with a situation that causes extreme anxiety or fear, our body eagerly sounds the alarm for what's known as the fight-or-flight response. A racing heart, tense muscles, balled fists, ...

Various diseases can be treated by stimulating the vagus nerve in the ear with electrical signals. However, this technique does not always work. A study has now shown: The electrical signals must be ...

The sympathetic nervous system controls your “fight or flight” response ... relax. The two autonomic nervous systems function to help keep your body in a balanced state. Your vagus nerve ...

is a therapeutic technique that involves stimulating the vagus nerve, which plays a crucial role in regulating various bodily functions, including heart rate, digestion, and immune response.

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS ... found that the percent time in Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale response could not differentiate active from sham VNS. However, antidepressant benefits ...

What may be new to us, at least in terminology, is the knowledge that one particular nerve group, called the vagus nerve, helps us counterbalance our flight or fight response. The vagus nerve is ...

One such technique is progressive muscle relaxation ... which stimulates the vagus nerve and in turn triggers the body’s ‘rest and digest’ response (aka, the parasympathetic nervous system).

Through its huge role in stress and its relief, the vagus nerve influences inflammation. The stress response to threat ... to foster relaxation. In diaphragmatic breathing, the belly expands ...

In a similar way to the role it plays in stress, by helping the body to relax and ‘switch off’ the stress response, the vagus nerve helps to promote relaxation which could lead to better sleep.