enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. 6 Breathwork Exercises To Calm the Vagus Nerve and Save You ...

    www.aol.com/6-breathwork-exercises-calm-vagus...

    “The vagus nerve starts in the brain and supplies nerve fibers to the heart, diaphragm, organs, and the gut, from the esophagus, stomach, small and large bowels,” says Avanish Aggarwal, MD ...

  3. Vagal maneuver - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagal_maneuver

    A vagal maneuver is an action used to stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system by activating the vagus nerve.The vagus nerve is the longest nerve of the autonomic nervous system and helps regulate many critical aspects of human physiology, including heart rate, blood pressure, sweating, and digestion through the release of acetylcholine.

  4. Vagus nerve - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagus_nerve

    Efferent vagus nerve fibers innervating the pharynx and back of the throat are responsible for the gag reflex. In addition, 5-HT 3 receptor-mediated afferent vagus stimulation in the gut due to gastroenteritis is a cause of vomiting. [8] Stimulation of the vagus nerve in the cervix uteri (as in some medical procedures) can lead to a vasovagal ...

  5. Vagal tone - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagal_tone

    Measurements of vagal tone can be performed by means of either invasive or noninvasive procedures. Invasive procedures are in the minority and include vagus nerve stimulation by specific manual, breathing or electrical techniques. Noninvasive techniques mainly rely on the investigation of heart rate and heart rate variability. [4] [5] [6]

  6. Vagus nerve stimulation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagus_nerve_stimulation

    Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a medical treatment that involves delivering electrical impulses to the vagus nerve. It is used as an add-on treatment for certain types of intractable epilepsy , cluster headaches, treatment-resistant depression and stroke rehabilitation.

  7. Vagovagal reflex - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagovagal_reflex

    Vagovagal reflex refers to gastrointestinal tract reflex circuits where afferent and efferent fibers of the vagus nerve [1] coordinate responses to gut stimuli via the dorsal vagal complex in the brain. The vagovagal reflex controls contraction of the gastrointestinal muscle layers in response to distension of the tract by food.

  8. Parasympathetic nervous system - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasympathetic_nervous_system

    The vagus nerve, named after the Latin word vagus (because the nerve controls such a broad range of target tissues – vagus in Latin literally means "wandering"), contains parasympathetic fibers that originate in the dorsal nucleus of the vagus nerve and the nucleus ambiguus in the CNS. The vagus nerve can be readily identified in the neck ...

  9. Inferior ganglion of vagus nerve - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferior_ganglion_of_vagus...

    The inferior ganglion of the vagus nerve (also known as the nodose ganglion) is one of the two sensory ganglia of each vagus nerve (cranial nerve X). It contains neuron cell bodies of general visceral afferent fibers and special visceral afferent fibers. [1] It is situated within the jugular fossa just below the skull.