Similar to cranioelectrical stimulation, trans auricular vagus nerve stimulation shows dramatic potential to treat many brain ...

Researchers say study findings have important implications for our understanding of the pathogenesis of obesity and potential therapeutic applications.

Nerve fibers help regulate sound sensitivity in the inner ear, aiding in hearing loss compensation and reducing discomfort.

We know that in the right circumstances sex can be mind-blowing, but there’s increasing evidence that it can be beneficial ...

Neuroimmune modulation represents a promising treatment strategy that uses vagus nerve stimulation to reduce inflammation in RA.

Ear acupuncture has been proven to activate the VN. In He, et al.’s research, 8 they found that auricular acupuncture ...

Donald Trump supporters allegedly trashed auditory research displays/posters at an otolaryngology conference in Florida because they thought research on “diversity in afferent firing” was a ...

Loss of vision or, in the case of an unconscious patient, a relative afferent pupillary deficit representing TON may be the only evidence of ocular pathology. The clinician must reconcile a ...

Neuromodulation for overactive bladder is hypothesized to correct deficient spinal inhibitory signals, which would suppress detrusor contractions by stimulating afferent anorectal branches of ...

Systemic manifestations of gnathostomiasis can affect the skin, brain, gastrointestinal tract and respiratory system, while ocular involvement is rare. 5 Intraocular gnathostomiasis, though uncommon, ...

In this study, we analyzed the patterns and mechanisms of acupuncture analgesic mediated by acupoint afferent fibers, and found that acupuncture stimulates acupoints which rapidly and directly induces ...

Here, we utilized rabies virus-based monosynaptic retrograde tracing system to map the whole-brain afferent presynaptic partners of the CRH neurons in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). We find that ...