Andrew Huberman· PhD
Why that is of interest is that for some forms of refractory depression, electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve can provide tremendous relief.
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The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
Why that is of interest is that for some forms of refractory depression, electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve can provide tremendous relief.
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but I happen to know and I'm sure you know from experimentation and from Clinical work that oftentimes vagal stimulation is a way of bringing say depressed patients up to more alertness that vagal stimulation is not always about calming it can be about alerting the brain
in the course of the next few minutes her name was Sally underwent a remarkable change her frown disappeared she became cheerful describing the pleasure she had had during the Christmas holiday and recounting how she'd recently watched some YouTube videos of D she was still smiling and talking when the session ended and they walked out to the reception area
Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve is used for major depression. It's also used by using different patterns of stimulation frequency to calm people down.