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Tapping the Vagus Nerve: Could a Gentle Electrical Pulse Fine-Tune Performance, Mood and Recovery?
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Tapping the Vagus Nerve: Could a Gentle Electrical Pulse Fine-Tune Performance, Mood and Recovery?

Why is the vagus nerve getting so much attention?

From challenging work situations to Strava leader-boards, people are evermore aware of ways to monitor their life-load and recover faster afterwards. At the centre of this sits the vagus nerve. Roughly 80% of its fibres carry information up to the brain, providing live “telemetry” on the body’s parasympathetic balance. Surgeons have long implanted electrodes around the cervical vagus to treat epilepsy and depression. Now pocket-sized gadgets promise to reach the same pathway through the skin of the outer ear or neck to stimulate the vagus nerve (transcutaneous VNS, or tVNS).

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