The Vagus Nerve’s Mysterious Role in Mental Health Untangled ...

Vagus nerve stimulation can treat epilepsy, seizures, and difficult cases of depression. It involves sending mild electric pulses to the left vagus nerve, a cranial nerve of the neck. The left and ...

Narayana Medical College team performs Vagal Nerve Stimulation for refractory epilepsy on minor girl, reducing seizures.

Those on the extreme end of the depression spectrum face symptoms that impact their daily activities too and not just their ...

Current nonpharmacologic treatments include the vagus nerve stimulator, the ketogenic diet, and resective epilepsy surgery. The vagus nerve stimulator was approved in 1997 by the US Food and Drug ...

Nearly 20 years ago, knowing all other options had failed, Nick’s sister, a nurse, recommended he check out a new treatment called vagus nerve stimulation, or VNS. The US Food and Drug ...

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (TVNS ... been associated with activity against depression, migraine, and epilepsy, although the mechanism of benefit is not fully understood ...

Vagus nerve stimulation is already widely used in epilepsy and depression, so the risk of side effects is likely low, Huston added. If his findings can be replicated and extended in larger trials ...

Modulating vagus activity through stimulation of the nerve in meditation practices has already proved to have therapeutic effects. How does vagal stimulation control depression and epilepsy?

A new study led by Luis Ulloa, PhD, and Wei Yang, PhD, reveals how electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve-;a major nerve connecting the brain and gut-;may combat the stress-related inflammation ...