Stephen Porges: The Polyvagal Theory & The Vagal Nerve #264
The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance
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The Vagal Nerve and the Vagal Response
The vagus is a cranial nerve that comes out of the brain and regulates many organs in our body. It conveying information from the brain to your heart to your bronchi to your gut so these physiological responses you are often getting are often driven by brain signals. In medical school people are not trained much about neural regulation of organs, he says. The polyvagal theory does exactly what it's designed to do.
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