Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (TVNS) improved sleep quality significantly in a small, sham-controlled trial, substantially expanding a growing body of evidence supporting its safety and efficacy for chronic insomnia. On the primary endpoint of improvement in the Pittsburgh Sleep Qualit...
In recent years, the stress level increases and sleep quality decreases in the day-to-day life among the people. Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) plays a vital role in stress reduction. This study aims to assess the stress reduction and the sleep induction effects on insomnia persons using non-...
The Preservation of the Vagus Nerve During Distal Gastrectomy eFigure 3. The Functional Scales of the EORTC QLQ-C30 eFigure 4. The Fatigue, Pain, Dysponea, and Insomnia Scales of the EORTC QLQ-C30 eFigure 5. The Constipation, Diarrhea, and Financial Difficulties Scales of the EO...
The human vagus nerve stimulates metabolic processes in the forebrain, thalamus, and reticular formation. It also controls functions in the brainstem, the nucleus of the solitary tract, dorsal raphe nuclei, the amygdala, and the hippocampus [32]. Imaging studies conducted on DPD patients suggest ...
www.neuropsychopharmacology.org 301 Noninvasive techniques for probing neurocircuitry and treating illness: vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) Mark S George*,1,2,3,4 and Gary Aston-Jones5 1Departments of Psychiatry,...
Background: Insomnia is a prevalent sleep disorder and strong risk factor for poor quality of life, depression, and other lifestylerelated diseases. Objectives: To investigate the effect of the transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) on sleep electroencephalographic (EEG) in the para-chlorop...
In an earlier article in NPBR [12] I argued that a strong pharyngospasm of the type found when 5HT is injected peripherally, and a pattern resembling lesion of the superior laryngeal nerve, observed by myself exactly at the time of a waking cure-point of a severe six year obsessive comp...
Thus, stimulating the vagus nerve to modulate the function of the nerve and related organs has drawn the attention of clinicians and investigators for a long time. Anatomical studies found peripheral branches of the vagus nerve distributed on the ear [8, 9], and according to the bottom-up ...
Additionally, changes in nerve tone and brain chemistry are not something that people can change on their own with the approaches listed here. Instead, the factors mentioned in this article are meant to reduce daily stress and support overall mental health and well-being. Most are backed up onl...
(Please see the reference box below for a smorgasbord of animal and human studies showing various ways that aromatherapy can reduce anxiety and lower distress by modulating the parasympathetic response of your autonomic nervous system via the vagus nerve.) As an athlete, I used aromatherapy to ...