Andrew Huberman· PhD
And we use what we've learned in the lab, not with a deep brain stimulating electrode as I did before, but now switching and saying, 'Is there any other way we could trigger a brief burst, not of one neurotransmitter, but of a bunch of neurotransmitters?' And one way we came upon is this way of using an electrode placed on the vagus nerve to trick the brain into thinking you're having a heart attack.