Opinionated Science Episode 7: The Vagus Nerve: A Target to Treat Brain and Body?

In this episode, we review the evidence surrounding vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), a therapy approved for epilepsy and depression that backers now want to use to treat a host of other conditions, include autoimmune disease and heart failure. How can scientists fill in the gaps in the VNS knowledge base?

  Opinionated Science Episode 5: The Placebo Effect: Phantom Surgery, Alternative Medicine and the Big Bad Nocebo

  Opinionated Science Episode 4: Food Fraud: Fake Wine, Poisonous Milk and Horse Lasagna

  Opinionated Science Episode 3: The Microbiome: Gut-Brain Connections and “Poo Pills”

  Opinionated Science Episode 2: Psychedelic Drugs: Ketamine for Depression, Party Octopuses and Stoned Dolphins

  Science Aloud: Preprint Describes Human Monoclonal Antibody That Blocks SARS-CoV-2

  Opinionated Science Episode 1: Genes and the Brain

In this episode, the Technology Networks team discuss neurogenomics, the interface between our genes and our brain.