The vagus nerve, the longest nerve in the body ... encompassing the heart, the lungs, the esophagus, and the rest of the digestive tract. It controls breathing and heart function, including ...

An important component of your body’s nervous system is the vagus nerve – something most of us have heard of, but few people fully understand. It’s a long nerve that makes up ¾ of your ...

These include the heart, digestive system, lungs, larynx, ears, esophagus, sinuses and tongue. It has led the vagus nerve to become the focus of study for possible treatments of a number of ...

It branches from the vagus nerve (cranial nerve 10 ... nerves travel through a groove where the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus meet, pass behind part of the thyroid gland, then enter the ...

The course of the anterior vagus nerve must be identified before the myotomy is started. If this nerve crosses the line of the myotomy, it must be lifted away from the esophageal wall, and the ...

To better understand how the body’s nerves and neurons detect inflammation, researchers at Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have shown how vagus nerve immune ...

Here’s how ‘vagus nerve icing’ could help you to calm down before bed. One such ‘hack’ is ‘vagus nerve icing’ to ease anxiety. The technique, which was originally outlined in a ...

The vagus nerve, the longest nerve in the body ... encompassing the heart, the lungs, the esophagus, and the rest of the digestive tract. It controls breathing and heart function, including ...

To better understand how the body’s nerves and neurons detect inflammation, researchers at Northwell Health’s Feinstein ...