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Vagus Nerve Stimulation Improves Severe Depression by 70%, Major US Trial Finds
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The vagus nerve is actually super interesting and bizarre. It's this weird long nerve that starts in the upper spinal column and then goes down to connect to a whole bunch of different systems in the body. It's pretty unique and it seems to have all kinds of weird effects we're still figuring out.