Gurgaon: For this 41-year-old native of Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, life became a daily battle against invisible torment. For over a year, he endured sudd.

Experts explain that exposing the body to cold triggers a reflex called the diving response, which activates the vagus nerve.

Our vagus nerve could hold the key to vastly improved treatment of inflammatory illnesses like rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease ...

A specific group of nerve cells in the brain stem appears to control how semaglutide affects appetite and weight – without causing nausea. The discovery, made at the University of Gothenburg ...

The vagus nerve is made up of 200,000 nerve fibers, which run from the brainstem, down each side of the neck, to the gut — touching almost every organ in the body.

When these nerve cells were killed, the drug's effect on appetite and fat loss instead decreased significantly. However, side effects such as nausea and muscle loss remained.

Researchers co-led by Mass General Brigham have reported a new type of auditory brainstem implant (ABI) that may offer improved hearing for people with deafness caused by neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2 ...

The human brainstem comprises three connected parts: the midbrain, pons, and medulla, each composed of numerous axonal tracts (white matter), cranial nerve nuclei, and noncranial nerve brainstem ...

The word “vagus” means “wandering” in Latin. This is a very appropriate name, as the vagus nerve is the longest cranial nerve. It runs from the brain stem to part of the colon.

In 1997 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) device that can be surgically implanted under the collarbone and linked to a wire wrapped around the nerve.

Your brainstem controls a large number of processes throughout your body. Some of the nerves contained within it produce neurotransmitters, which are used to chemically convey information.