The vagus nerve is the 10th of 12 pairs of cranial nerves, which emerge from the brain stem and run down each side of the body. They contain a major portion of the parasympathetic nervous system, the ...

Communication between the body and the nervous system is called interoception and it allows the brain to sense internal states, such as hunger, pain, or heart rate. The vagus nerve is an important ...

which then stimulates the vagus nerve. That sends a signal to the brain, activating the brain stem and causing the release of several key chemicals onto the surface of the brain. It is thought ...

Three nerves carry taste signals to the brain stem: the chorda tympani nerve (from the front of the tongue), the glossopharyngeal nerve (from the back of the tongue) and the vagus nerve (from the ...

particularly the vagus nerve, using electrical pulses affects neural activity in the mammalian brain. The vagus nerve, the longest cranial nerve in the human body, is known to play a key role in ...

This device was designed to be implanted alongside the vagus nerve in the neck which connects the brain to the major organs including the heart, the lungs, the liver and the spleen, where TNF is ...