The vagus nerve oversees digestion and is one of the main channels of connection between the brain and the gastrointestinal tract. Among many other actions, it ferries to the brain signals ...

The vagus nerve controls stomach muscles. High blood glucose from diabetes can damage this nerve. In fact, may people with gastroparesis also have diabetes. Surgery to the abdomen or small ...

Researchers have discovered that stomach cancers make electrical connections with nearby sensory nerves and use these ...

At our Center for Gastrointestinal Nerve and Motor Function, approximately 50% of patients who are referred receive this modality. The device is approximately the size of a cardiac pacemaker and ...

As α-S spreads, it damages nerve cells, starting in parts of the ... The accumulation of α-S in the circuits linking the gastrointestinal tract to the brain thereby stops the flow of information ...