vagus
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- noun
- /ˈveɪɡəs/
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- The brain then sends information via the vagus nerve back to the heart to slow the heart down.
- vagus nerve
- vagus trunk
- branch of the vagus
What is the potential for channel rhodopsins or related types of algae engineering to be used to manipulate the vagus?
- What is the potential for channel rhodopsins or related types of algae engineering to be used to manipulate the vagus?
- And also when you see another being in pain, your vagus nerve becomes very activated.
- So when you hum, you're sending signals to the vagus nerve and you're calming your body down.
- And this works because there's a nerve called the vagus nerve, which helps slow the heart rate down.
- Now they do that by way of a nerve pathway called the vagus nerve.
- And also our vagus nerve responds when we see other beings in distress.
- And when people walk by, he stands up and almost everybody has a reaction and that's their vagus nerve telling their body to react.
- The brain then sends information via the vagus nerve back to the heart to slow the heart down.
- So the vagus nerve has been considered the healing nerve of the body.
- I was like, hmm, OK, gut health, micronutrients, vagus nerve, brain, blood, brain barrier.
Examples
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During surgery, the cyst was found to extend deeply into the area of the internal jugular vein, carotid artery, and vagus nerve.
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And this works because there's a nerve called the vagus nerve, which helps slow the heart rate down.
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And also when you see another being in pain, your vagus nerve becomes very activated.
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We have a vagus nerve that goes from our brain stem all the way down to our root.
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So the vagus nerve has been considered the healing nerve of the body.
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And when you're stressed, it's the vagus, this nerve that tells your body to calm down.
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So when you hum, you're sending signals to the vagus nerve and you're calming your body down.
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But pacing your breathing, just five slow breaths I've done in the operating room will send calming signals up the vagus nerve to your brain.
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Some time later, a gastroenterologist suggested that Sarah's sick sinus syndrome may have been caused by scarring to her vagus nerve during her childhood surgery.
Academic text (2015) -
The brain then sends information via the vagus nerve back to the heart to slow the heart down.
Synonyms
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A long thin part of the body that sends signals from the brain to the heart, lungs, stomach, and intestines
A nerve that helps control heart, breathing, voice, and how the body breaks down food
A nerve that connects the brain to the voice box, heart, and stomach
A main nerve that connects the brain to the heart, lungs, and stomach
A nerve that sends signals to the heart, lungs, stomach, and throat
A nerve that helps control the throat, heart, lungs, and stomach
Compounds
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A long thin part of the body that sends signals from the brain to the heart, lungs, stomach, and intestines
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word vagus comes from Latin vagus meaning 'wandering', and it shares the root vag- with English words like vague and vagabond. The nerve is called the vagus because it 'wanders' from the brain down through the chest to the belly, so it helps control many organs like the heart, lungs, and stomach.