The "wandering" vagus nerve in yellow. Source: Sebastian Kaulitzki/Shutterstock A landmark study has found that adjunctive vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) significantly improves treatment-resistant ...

Nick Fournie was 24 years old when severe depression upended his life. Fournie had been married to his longtime sweetheart for two years, and had no reason to suspect he had any mental health issues. ...

In patients with marked treatment-resistant depression (TRD), adjunctive vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) demonstrated sustained benefits in symptom, function, and quality of life (QOL) through 24 months ...

The vagus nerve connects the brain to major organs throughout the body and plays important roles in many bodily functions. For people with mobility issues participating in physical therapy, ...

New research provides evidence that stimulating the vagus nerve in mice not only improves long-term learning but also ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We all have two vagus nerves—one on the left side of the body and one on the right—both of which connect the brain to the ...

Do you ever feel like sometimes you can master a new dance step almost immediately, while other times you struggle to nail it ...

A small implanted device that stimulates the vagus nerve may offer substantial and lasting relief for people with severe treatment-resistant depression, according to a large multicenter clinical trial ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* server, researchers evaluated non-invasive transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation [tVNS] as a treatment for long COVID-related chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).

A year after approval of the first VNS device for rheumatoid arthritis, many patients are interested and providers in eight states are able to offer the device, but insurers are hesitating.