Examples of vagus nerve in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web When you are stressed, your body inhibits the signals that travel through the vagus nerve and slows down the digestive process. — The Conversation, oregonlive, 3 Apr. 2021 The brain needs calories to operate, and chemical messengers travel back and forth between your gut and brain via the vagus nerve triggering all sorts of functions, from hormone production to cognition. — Christine Byrne, Outside Online, 21 Oct. 2021 That forceful suction activates swallowing muscles and our good friend, the vagus nerve. — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 4 Mar. 2022 When you are stressed, your body inhibits the signals that travel through the vagus nerve and slows down the digestive process. — The Conversation, oregonlive, 3 Apr. 2021 Swallowing also triggers the vagus nerve, which is connected to hiccups. — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 4 Mar. 2022 One of the primary features of the vagus nerve is to help regulate heart rate and heart rate variability. — Justin Ross, Outside Online, 13 May 2020 Training the vagus nerve and our parasympathetic response is important for runners for a number of reasons, including research that blends together both performance improvements and prescribing when to tackle harder workouts. — Justin Ross, Outside Online, 13 May 2020 Right after Braeden had surgery for a vagus nerve stimulator implant with the goal of reducing his seizure activity, a limo picked them up at Children's Wisconsin and drove them home to the big reveal. — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2021 See More

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