Vagal sensory neurons and gut-brain signaling
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Vagal sensory neurons and gut-brain signaling
Some 80 percent of the fibers of the vagus nerve (which connects the brain with many internal organs) are afferent; that is, they run from the body into the brain.6 This means that we can directly train our arousal system by the way we breathe, chant, and move, a principle that has been utilized since time immemorial in places like China and India,
Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Explaining the neural mechanism where stimulating fascia in limbs reduces inflammation via the vagal adrenal reflex.
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Into the needle and therefore into the body. They located sites on the body that can increase inflammation by way of releasing inflammatory cytokines. These areas included the abdomen and they found areas on the body, such as the lower limbs, the hind limbs in this case, that can stimulate the vagal adrenal reflex and can lead to reduced
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