Frontiers: Vegus Nerve 12x2c

Many people are living with chronic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel conditions in which the body attacks itself. Although drug treatments have improved over recent years they do not work for everyone and can have serious side effects. Now researchers are trying a new approach to improving the lives of these patients by firing electrical pulses along the vagus nerve, a major nerve that connects the brain with all the organs. 22o4p