The addition of resection of the vagus nerves to the surgical armamentarium ... a powerful physiologic stimulus for the chemical phase of gastric secretion. We prefer this potent food stimulus ...

Implantable vagus nerve stimulation devices have long been used to treat epilepsy, depression and stroke. A new crop of buzzy non-invasive VNS gadgets, like the one shown here from Truvaga ...

The new research aims to understand how ghrelin, which primarily influences the brain, can aid the recovery of intestinal stem cells through the vagus ... gastric motility and acid secretion ...