Dr Patrick Porter - Brain Health

VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION MAY RELIEVE TREATMENT-RESISTANT DEPRESSION, STUDY FINDS

The US Food and Drug Administration had just approved VNS in 2005 for the long-term adjunctive treatment of chronic or recurrent depression in adults who had had inadequate responses to at least four antidepressant treatments.  The vagus nerve “has over 100,000 individual nerves in a bundle,” said neuroscientist Dr. Bashar Badran, associate professor of psychiatry and director of the Neuro-X Lab at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. “This bundle projects from your brain to every organ in your body, like your heart, your lungs, your spleen, your kidneys, your intestines. Patrick is an expert in brain health.  He's an award-winning author/speaker and the founder of BrainTap®, the leader in technology-enhanced meditation. Dr. Porter pioneered the use of brainwave entertainment to improve clarity, sleep & energy, and remains at the forefront of scientific research