How to Use vagus nerve in a Sentence
vagus nerve
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Called the vagus nerve when touching the neck makes the rhythm stop.
—New York Times, 24 Nov. 2021
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Tracey thinks of it this way: The vagus nerve is like a brake line in a car.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2021
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That’s due, in part, to the vagus nerve, one of the main emotional centers of the body.
—Hilary Jacobs Hendel, Time, 27 Feb. 2018
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So, some of that involves the vagus nerve, which connects the brain to the stomach.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
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The vagus nerve goes down the neck and runs through the visceral organs.
—Tim Hornyak, Scientific American, 10 May 2018
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The vagus nerve is the longest and most complex of the 12 cranial nerves, stretching from the brain to the abdomen.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2017
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Experts note that messages from the gut, in the form of immune signals, can be sent to the brain through the vagus nerve.
—Alexa Mikhail, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2022
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The most powerful neural network in the body, called the vagus nerve.
—Jeffrey Rediger, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2020
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The vagus nerve is the longest of the cranial nerves, which emerge directly from the brain rather than traveling through the spinal cord.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 4 July 2023
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When you are stressed, your body inhibits the signals that travel through the vagus nerve and slows down the digestive process.
—The Conversation, oregonlive, 3 Apr. 2021
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And a lot of times, the vagus nerve or an interruption of the signals that might cause this reflex to happen.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
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This reflex is named after the vagus nerve, which runs from your brain to your heart, lungs and digestive tract.
—Anne R. Crecelius, The Conversation, 20 June 2019
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The vagus nerve sends signals to our brain that help enhance our memory of key events.
—Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2022
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This supplement also engages the vagus nerve to boost gut and brain health.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2022
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The vagus nerve is part of the parasympathetic nervous system, which helps the body rest and relax.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
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The response is driven by the vagus nerve, as well as hormones like gastrin and histamine.
—Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 18 Feb. 2023
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Stimulating the vagus nerve has been shown to help people feel calm—and to help the body mitigate the effects of stress.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2021
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Singing tones the vagus nerve, and dancing brings presence with feelings of safety to the nervous system.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
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The phrenic nerve controls the diaphragm, while the vagus nerve helps control the lungs and other internal organs.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 30 June 2021
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This implant was used to gently but directly stimulate the man's vagus nerve over the course of months.
—Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 28 Sep. 2017
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Now imagine that happening in the vagus nerve, up and down, passing messages between mind and body millions of times over the course of a day.
—Jeffrey Rediger, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2020
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One likely pathway is the vagus nerve, a bundle of nerve fibers connecting all the major organs with the brain.
—Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2023
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For more than 100 years, scientists have known that the vagus nerve carries signals between the organs and the brainstem.
—Emily Underwood, Science | AAAS, 10 June 2021
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So, the sugar can kind of affect that vagus nerve, which connects your stomach to your brain, and overwhelm that nerve, causing the hiccups to stop.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
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In a nutshell, the brain is connected to the gut through a two-way communication system called the vagus nerve.
—The Conversation, oregonlive, 3 Apr. 2021
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And the practice stimulates the vagus nerve, which helps regulate mood.
—Sarah Richards, Woman's Day, 21 Apr. 2020
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Citrus and acidic or sour things also activate the vagus nerve, which helps curb hiccups, Seifi said.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 4 Mar. 2022
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The stimulation of the vagus nerve could in effect be giving the thalamus a volume boost in the brain, reports Price.
—Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 28 Sep. 2017
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The vagus nerve transports signals between the brain, heart and digestive system.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
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Neuroscience says being near greenery soothes the vagus nerve—vagus means wanderer in Latin—which sends good vibes to our vital organs, calming our breathing, digestion, and heart rate.
—Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Apr. 2023
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