25 May 2025

The Vagus Nerve and Mental Health

From Sunday Morning, 8:30 am on 25 May 2025

Our vagus nerves help us rest, digest and restore, but is there really a way to reset them to feel better? Dr Theresa Larkin is an academic in Graduate Medicine at the University of Wollongong and joins Jim to discuss the role vagus nerves play in our physical and mental health. 

Vagus nerves, illustration. (Photo by 3DMEDISPHERE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRA / SKX / Science Photo Library via AFP)

Photo: 3DMEDISPHERE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRA

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