to decrease by 25%. Altered synaptic activities at sites of persisting VNS-induced
cerebral blood flow changes may reflect antiseizure actions.
Depression affects some 340 million people worldwide and there is a correlation
between depression and the likelihood of developing seizures. VNS increases
cognitive skills reflecting a reduction in depression. Areas of the brain that are
affected by Vagus Nerve Stimulation include the medulla, cerebellum, parabrachial
nucleus, locus ceruleus, hypothalamus, thalamus, amygdala, hippocampus and
cingulated gyrus. Noradrenergic and/or serotonergic deficits, may contribute to
predisposition to some epilepsies and depressions. Evidence suggests that vagus
nerve stimulation exerts at least some of its anticonvulsant and antidepressant
effects through its capacity to increase noradrenaline and serotonin transmission.
The vagus is responsible for keeping the larynx open for breathing and also
feeds the lungs and diaphragm. Deep breathing stimulates the vagus nerve
bringing balance between the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems.
Since a VNS device and its surgical implantation will run at nearly $30,000 it’s
an expensive treatment for seizure, compulsiveness and depression...breathing
however does a similar job of activating the vagus nerve and it’s free. The sense of
contraction and pain in the core of ones torso and neck during the heating phase
prior to popping is obviously the vagus nerve making a valiant effort to counter
the revving up of the pituitary-adrenal-axis, and the sympathetic nervous system.
The vagus is trying to keep the emotional-memory arousal faculties of the body
repressed; hence we feel this conflict as a persistent tension in our core for up to 2
years prior to awakening.
Besides breathing it is also possible to stimulate the vagus into relaxing the
body-core by turning the minds eye into ones center and actively warming and
purposefully letting the area go. All thoughts, emotions and phenomena are drawn
into ones core as though one is an atomic karmic disposal unit. We could call this
practice melting in the core—turning the minds eye into actively stimulating
the vagus nerve into relaxing the viscera. This alleviates depression, increases
coherency, lucidity, makes for a more vibrant personality and improves health and
well-being.
Scientists are investigating the existence of non-genital orgasms suggesting a
more pervasive orgasmic process and its role in neuroendocrine and psychological
health. There are vaginocervical sensory pathways to the brain that can produce
the absence of pain without loss of consciousness (analgesia), release oxytocin, and
bypass the spinal cord via the vagus nerve. That is a paraplegic woman can still
have cervical and G spot orgasms because the vagina is fed by the vagus nerve while
the clitoris by nerves that come out of the spine. This gives weight to the necessity
of sexual intercourse for maintaining healthy balance of the nervous system. Also
there might be something to the validity of having sex during an awakening to
help the parasympathetic nervous system to maintain its own. orgasm has been
described as a mini-seizure of the limbic system and tends to release or lessen deep
limbic activity. Dr Amen noticed that depression, sadness, feelings of hopelessness,
and automatic negative thoughts correlate with a hyperactive limbic area. The