Another classic vagal maneuver is dipping one’s face in ice water or putting a plastic bag filled with ice water on the face—it engages the so-called diving reflex. The cold stimulates the ...

When your body encounters cold, particularly on your face or the back of your neck, it triggers what scientists call the mammalian diving reflex, a powerful vagal response. This reflex evolved to ...

The vagus nerve is the body’s longest nerve which ... susceptible to developing chronic pain or conditions such as acid ...

Patent No. 63,492,402, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Electrical Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve,” expands the claims and protection around the technology in advance of potential U.S. Food ...

Pulsetto is a wearable device that uses vagus nerve stimulation to reduce stress and improve sleep. The device is non-invasive and works by sending electrical impulses to the vagus nerve ...

In the inflammatory reflex, sensory input elicited by infection or injury travels through the afferent vagus nerve to integrative regions in the brainstem, and efferent nerves carry outbound ...