Using a device that functions kind of like a shock collar, researchers say they have found a fascinating, if not grisly, way to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Neuroscientists at the University of Texas at Dallas and Baylor have, per an announcement from UT Dallas, developed a tiny chip that, when fitted inside a soft collar and placed just over the vagus nerve — a brain stem cluster that controls bodily functions like heart rate, digestion, immunity, and mood — elicits mild electric impulses that can help ease PTSD symptoms. The underlying concept behind vagus nerve stimulation, or VNS, is […]

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