{"id":7943,"date":"2026-07-29T02:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T02:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/?p=7943"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:17:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:17:42","slug":"vns-devices-gut-health-gut-brain-axis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/fr\/2026\/07\/29\/vns-devices-gut-health-gut-brain-axis\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuroscience Expert: 5 Reasons These New VNS Devices Can Reset Your Out-of-Control Gut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7943\" class=\"elementor elementor-7943\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-524330c e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"524330c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be9d714 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be9d714\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has been used for years in the management of treatment-resistant depressive states. Researchers are now studying whether non-invasive forms may also support gut-brain disorders such as irritable gut.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea is simple: a gentle, non-invasive signal to one of the primary communication pathways between your gut and your brain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A neuroscientist explains why an out-of-control gut is really a breakdown in that conversation, and why early studies are now testing this nerve in people with irritable gut.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9ecd71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e9ecd71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gut-1-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7392\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gut-1-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gut-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gut-1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gut-1-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gut-1.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc9cc18 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"dc9cc18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a80facb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a80facb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have probably been told your gut looks fine.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tests come back normal, and somewhere in there is the quiet suggestion that it is all in your head.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Current research suggests otherwise.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irritable gut is real.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>In many people, the problem isn&#8217;t structural damage to the gut; it is in the communication.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irritable gut is now classified as a disorder of gut-brain interaction: a breakdown in the constant conversation between your gut and your brain.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most important communication pathways is the vagus nerve, the main cable between your head and your digestive system.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your gut, its muscles, and even the trillions of microbes inside you may send signals that travel through it, while the brain sends signals back in return.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When that line becomes disrupted and the signals cross, the gut function may become dysregulated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This breakdown can contribute in several ways:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e992e90 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"e992e90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-dot-circle\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119.033 8 8 119.033 8 256s111.033 248 248 248 248-111.033 248-248S392.967 8 256 8zm80 248c0 44.112-35.888 80-80 80s-80-35.888-80-80 35.888-80 80-80 80 35.888 80 80z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The signals between the gut and the brain get scrambled, so normal digestion is misread as pain.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-dot-circle\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119.033 8 8 119.033 8 256s111.033 248 248 248 248-111.033 248-248S392.967 8 256 8zm80 248c0 44.112-35.888 80-80 80s-80-35.888-80-80 35.888-80 80-80 80 35.888 80 80z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Your gut's pain sensitivity increases, so ordinary gas and stretching start to hurt.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-dot-circle\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119.033 8 8 119.033 8 256s111.033 248 248 248 248-111.033 248-248S392.967 8 256 8zm80 248c0 44.112-35.888 80-80 80s-80-35.888-80-80 35.888-80 80-80 80 35.888 80 80z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The muscle rhythm that moves things along becomes dysregulated, so you swing between constipation and urgency.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-dot-circle\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119.033 8 8 119.033 8 256s111.033 248 248 248 248-111.033 248-248S392.967 8 256 8zm80 248c0 44.112-35.888 80-80 80s-80-35.888-80-80 35.888-80 80-80 80 35.888 80 80z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">A low-grade inflammation simmers, so the gut stays irritated and on edge.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-dot-circle\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119.033 8 8 119.033 8 256s111.033 248 248 248 248-111.033 248-248S392.967 8 256 8zm80 248c0 44.112-35.888 80-80 80s-80-35.888-80-80 35.888-80 80-80 80 35.888 80 80z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The gut microbial composition changes, so the signals it sends become noisy.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8278656 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8278656\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/taVNS-1024x610.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7776\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/taVNS-1024x610.webp 1024w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/taVNS-300x179.webp 300w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/taVNS-768x458.webp 768w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/taVNS-1536x915.webp 1536w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/taVNS-2048x1220.webp 2048w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/taVNS-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0026b4d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0026b4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-827cdcb e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"827cdcb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-241bc12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"241bc12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1851\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1.png 42w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 42px) 100vw, 42px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bab399 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bab399\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>May help support gut-brain communication so your gut stops misfiring<\/h2><p><b>What&#8217;s going wrong: the messages between your gut and brain have become scrambled.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6e3a69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a6e3a69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7948\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-508ab43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"508ab43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nothing shows up on a scan, yet your gut clearly isn&#8217;t behaving.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That gap is the whole clue.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irritable gut is now understood as a problem in signalling between the gut and the brain, rather than damage to the gut itself. When the vagus, the main line between them, is not carrying clean signals, normal events get misread: a normal amount of gas registers as pain, routine digestion triggers cramping or urgency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>The hardware is fine, but the messaging is not.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stimulating the vagus aims to improve signalling on that line, so the gut and brain can communicate more effectively.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the conversation settles, the gut may become less reactive.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1daac3c e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1daac3c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89446b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"89446b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1859\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2.png 42w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 42px) 100vw, 42px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aeb445 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1aeb445\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Turns down an oversensitive gut so normal digestion stops hurting<\/h2><p><b>What&#8217;s going wrong: your gut&#8217;s pain pathways are turned up far too high.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba51747 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ba51747\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut2-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7949\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut2-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut2-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut2-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut2-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut2.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebc75ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebc75ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For many people with an irritable gut, the problem is not that more is happening in the gut.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>It is that the gut feels everything too intensely.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is called visceral hypersensitivity, one of the best-documented features of irritable gut. The gut&#8217;s nerves and the brain regions that read them have become hypersensitive, so that ordinary stretching and gas, which most people never notice, register as genuine pain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vagus contributes to communication between the gut and brain.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By supporting the vagal side of that system, stimulation may help turn the volume back down so that normal digestion is no longer read as a threat.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The everyday sensations of a working gut no longer hurt the way they used to.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89a268c e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"89a268c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6d1a0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e6d1a0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1864\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3.png 42w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 42px) 100vw, 42px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-284d8bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"284d8bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>May help support normal gut motility, so you&#8217;re not stuck between constipation and urgency<\/h2><p><b>What&#8217;s going wrong: the muscle contractions that move things along have lost their timing.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b805902 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b805902\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut3-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7950\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut3-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut3-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut3-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut3-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gut3.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0ab60d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0ab60d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Either nothing moves for days, or everything moves at once with no warning. That whiplash is a timing problem.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your gut moves food along with a coordinated wave of muscle contractions, and that rhythm is part of the &#8220;rest and digest&#8221; work that parasympathetic activity supports. When the system is stuck in stress and vagal tone is low, the coordination becomes disrupted: Transit may speed up, stall, or alternate between the two.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>That is the constipation-and-urgency swing so many people with irritable gut know well.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporting vagal tone supports the steady, coordinated rhythm that moves things along at the right pace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your gut starts to find a regular rhythm again, instead of lurching between extremes.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e340c87 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e340c87\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8eead04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8eead04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1866\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4.png 42w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 42px) 100vw, 42px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6e4ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d6e4ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>May help support gut inflammatory balance<\/h2><p><b>What&#8217;s going wrong: a low-grade irritation has thrown your gut environment, and its bacteria, out of balance.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e413dc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e413dc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mug-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7933\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mug-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mug-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mug-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mug-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mug.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-081a4ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"081a4ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An irritated, inflamed gut is not a comfortable home for the trillions of microbes that are supposed to keep it running.<\/span><\/p><p><b>One of the vagus nerve&#8217;s quieter jobs is to act as a brake on inflammation.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When vagal tone is low, that brake weakens, a low-grade irritation can simmer, and the gut environment shifts in ways that unsettle the microbiome. Because those same microbial metabolites influence gut-brain signalling, including pathways involving the vagus nerve.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By supporting the natural brake on inflammation and helping calm the gut environment, stimulation may provide a struggling microbiome with the environment it needs to rebalance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It does not install good bacteria for you, but it can help make the gut a place they want to live.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the irritation settles, the gut becomes a steadier place, and the bacteria that keep it healthy get room to recover.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-224a193 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"224a193\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86f44b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86f44b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1868\" alt=\"5\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5.png 42w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 42px) 100vw, 42px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f4a551 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f4a551\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Helps your microbiome recover so it can do its job again<\/h2><p><b>What&#8217;s going wrong: stress and gut symptoms have locked into a vicious circle.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-252b5c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"252b5c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/stressed-1-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7951\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/stressed-1-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/stressed-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/stressed-1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/stressed-1-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/stressed-1.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37de5d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37de5d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inside your gut live trillions of microbes, and they are not just passengers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They help break down your food, help keep inflammation in check, and produce metabolites that influence brain function.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of these signals are transmitted via pathways involving the vagus nerve.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the gut environment is disrupted, the mix shifts, the helpful microbes lose ground, and the messages they send turn noisy.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because those messages reach your brain through the vagus, a struggling microbiome keeps the whole gut-brain system on edge.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Supporting the vagus and settling the gut may help create a state that supports microbial balance.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It does not install good bacteria for you, but it helps make the gut a place where they can recover.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the balance returns, the microbes that keep your gut running get room to do their job again.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9da328f e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9da328f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9849f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9849f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>One communication pathway connects them all<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2efb56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2efb56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice what all five have in common.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scrambled signals, the oversensitivity, the lost rhythm, the unsettled microbiome, the stress spiral: not five separate problems, but five things that go wrong when one major communication pathway between gut and brain is struggling, and five things that may improve when it works again.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ba267b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1ba267b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/user4-1-1024x874.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7217\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/user4-1-1024x874.webp 1024w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/user4-1-300x256.webp 300w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/user4-1-768x655.webp 768w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/user4-1-14x12.webp 14w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/user4-1.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da3eacb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da3eacb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;That is what I want people to understand,&#8221; says the neuroscientist. &#8220;An out-of-control gut is usually not a broken gut. It is a gut that has lost touch with the brain. Support the connection, and a surprising amount can settle on its own.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><b>Working on that line directly is exactly why vagus nerve stimulation has moved out of the clinic and into something you can do at home.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vagus is accessible, of all places, at your outer ear, so a gentle signal applied right there can stimulate that branch without anything invasive at all.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-256d852 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"256d852\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the devices built around this is Nurosym\u2122, a CE-certified, non-invasive vagus nerve stimulator that clips to the ear and delivers this kind of gentle stimulation in short daily sessions. It is not a cure for irritable gut, and anyone who promises a device alone will fix your gut while you ignore everything else is overselling it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But if it makes sense to you that your gut and brain have lost the thread, and you want to work on that connection directly, that&#8217;s where I&#8217;d point you to start reading.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c58881e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c58881e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wearing-vns-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7460\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wearing-vns-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wearing-vns-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wearing-vns-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wearing-vns-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/scienceinhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wearing-vns.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff9e40e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff9e40e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;d like to see how it works in more detail, the Nurosym\u2122 page is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nurosym.com\/products\/nurosym\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">voici<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6a82f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6a82f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cet article de blog vise \u00e0 \u00eatre informatif et ne doit pas remplacer les conseils de sant\u00e9 professionnels. Toujours consulter un professionnel de sant\u00e9 pour des conseils personnalis\u00e9s<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08f9921 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08f9921\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>R\u00e9f\u00e9rences<\/h2><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bonaz, B., Sinniger, V., &amp; Pellissier, S. (2018). Vagus Nerve Stimulation at the Interface of Brain\u2013Gut Interactions. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(8), a034199. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC6671930\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC6671930\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faraji, N., Payami, B., Ebadpour, N., &amp; Gorji, A. (2024). Vagus nerve stimulation and gut microbiota interactions: A novel therapeutic avenue for neuropsychiatric disorders. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revues en neurosciences et biocomportementales<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">169<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 105990. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0149763424004597\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0149763424004597<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quan, Y., &amp; Zhou, T. (2026). Efficacy and mechanisms of vagus nerve stimulation in irritable bowel syndrome: a comprehensive literature review. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frontiers en immunologie<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/immunology\/articles\/10.3389\/fimmu.2026.1769070\/full\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/immunology\/articles\/10.3389\/fimmu.2026.1769070\/full<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veldman, F., Hawinkels, K., &amp; Keszthelyi, D. (2025). Efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation in gastrointestinal disorders: a systematic review. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gastroenterology Report<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/gastro\/article\/doi\/10.1093\/gastro\/goaf009\/7979382\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/gastro\/article\/doi\/10.1093\/gastro\/goaf009\/7979382<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has been used for years in the management of treatment-resistant depressive states. 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