Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator ...
The vagus nerve is a conduit of the sensory information from the viscera to the brain. But it can also be activated to mitigate chronic pain. Stimulating the vagus nerve can influence the pain of ...
People living in Dorset who have had a stroke within the last 10 years are being invited to take part in a "potentially ground-breaking" clinical trial. The trial is looking at how a specialised ...
From the ancient Egyptians' use of electric fish to treat headaches to the invention of pacemakers to regulate heart rhythms in the 1950s, the field ...