Experts weigh in on their stress-reducing and mental health benefits - Can a small vibrating device really ease stress and ...

At the study’s outset, all participants were implanted with vagal nerve stimulators. After two weeks of recovery from surgery, half the participants had their devices turned on, while the ...

In 2007, Tracey co-founded SetPoint Medical, with the “singular purpose” of developing a vagus nerve stimulator for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. The science behind this quest is sound ...

Vagus means wandering, and the vagus nerve, after it leaves the base of the brain, sends branches to the ears, the throat, the heart, the lungs, and the digestive tract, with stops along the way ...

The vagus nerve is responsible for involuntary functions of the body such as digestion after eating. In short, it helps our bodies restore homeostasis or equilibrium. Instances of ‘low vagal ...