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 ...

The therapy at the heart of this trial is vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), which involves implanting a small, pacemaker-like device under the skin in the chest. A thin wire connects the device to the ...

In addition, the researchers want to continue the trial for another four years, and see if the benefits are particularly noticeable in certain groups of people. "The nice thing about vagus nerve ...

Two studies show positive treatment effect and improved quality of life among patients with treatment-resistant depression. HealthDay News — Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) shows a positive ...

To assess response selection and sequence learning, participants performed an adapted SRT task (Vaquero et al., 2006) presented using E-Prime 2.0 software (Psychology Software Tools, Inc., Pittsburgh, ...

The vagus nerve’s mysterious role in mental health untangled ...

Given the anti-inflammatory effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) and its ability to promote brain plasticity, taVNS has emerged as a promising therapeutic option for SAH ...