At the forefront of this shift is Nuropod, a U.S.-available, non-invasive, ear-worn vagus nerve stimulation wearable designed to help support reductions in symptoms associated with persistent fatigue, ...

The vagus nerve is essential to many bodily processes, including digestion and a steady heart rate. Stimulating it could help prevent or stop chronic inflammation, which is linked to disease. An ...

Parkinson's Disease is a movement disorder that affects the nervous system. Deep Brain Stimulation surgery, or DBS, is ...

When it comes to brain health, the vagus nerve might not always be top of mind. But this mighty nerve serves an important function: It sends information between your brain and other vital organs, and ...

A team from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro) has discovered that early and sustained ...

Scientists exploring new ways to address psychopathic traits have found that gentle electrical or magnetic stimulation of the ...

As a noninvasive neuromodulation method, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) shows great potential to treat a range of mental and psychiatric diseases, including major depression. Stimulating the ...

Individuals with cognitively-stimulating jobs are at a lower risk of developing dementia than their peers with less challenging employment, new research suggests. Results from a large, multi-cohort ...

People who received gentle electric currents on the back of their heads learned to maneuver a robotic surgery tool in virtual reality and then in a real setting much more easily than people who didn't ...

Just 24 minutes of music paired with auditory simulation seemed to significantly reduce people's anxiety symptoms.

Psychotherapists, yoga teachers, and self-help types such as Mel Robbins have been talking about stimulating the vagus nerve as a way to "reset" the nervous system and calm anxiety for years. But ...