Not exact matches
Vagal tone — or how strong your vagus
nerve is — can be connected to inflammation, immune system regulation, metabolism, and emotional regulation, which we can all agree are pretty important.
Individuals who have high
vagal tone have a healthy functioning vagus
nerve, and are more stress resilient.
Vagal tone is the state of the the largest cranial
nerve called the vagus
nerve, which helps with the regulation of all the major functions of the body.
rs6330 — NGF /
nerve growth factor gene and
vagal tone (CC form = more anxious females; TT form = more anxious males)[this isn't in the book]
Once this
nerve gets damaged due to an illness or injury, the patient suffers from low
vagal tone, which ultimately results in poor stomach motility and other digestive problems.4
This, for me, tips into research being done by Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, linking the vagus
nerve and
vagal tone to happiness and flourishing.
The vagus
nerve's potential for love can actually be measured by examining a person's heart rate in association with his breathing rate, what's called «
vagal tone.»