Neurology

Vagus nerve stimulators (VNS) is a neuromodulation therapy approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a palliative treatment for patients with both epilepsy and depressions. Other non-FDA-approved uses of VNS have been studied and explored in various small open-labeled studies which include Alzheimer’s disease, bipolar disorders, chronic refractory headaches, treatment-resistant anxiety disorders, and obesity. VNS are used to deliver electric impulses for stimulating the longest cranial nerve in the body known as the vagus nerve that has a major role in motor and sensory functions. There are two vagus nerves present on the left and right si...