Skip to main content

Reset your password

Please enter the e-mail address you used to register to reset your password

Note: The verification e-mail to change your password should arrive immediately. However, in some cases it takes longer. Don't forget to check your spam folder.

If you haven't received the e-mail in 24 hours, please contact customerservices@ioppublishing.org

Registration complete

Thank you for registering with Physics World
If you'd like to change your details at any time, please visit My account

Close
Neural engineering

Neural engineering

Sidestepping the side effects of neurostimulation

13 Aug 2020
Vagus nerve anatomy
Top: cartoon of the pig vagus nerve showing the routes that the recurrent laryngeal branch (RLB) and the superior laryngeal branch (SLB) take to the cricoarytenoid (CA) and cricothyroid (CT) muscles. Bottom: wiring diagram showing the paths taken by electrical signals in response to VNS. (Courtesy: Evan Nicolai)
Stimulation of the vagus nerve by implanted electrodes is used to treat a range of conditions includ

You’ve reached the limit of what you can view on Physics World without registering

If you already have an account on Physics World, then please sign in to continue reading

If you do not yet have an account, please register so you can

  • Access more than 20 years of online content
  • Choose which e-mail newsletters you would like to receive

Marric Stephens is a freelance science writer based in Bristol, UK
Read previous

First ‘open flavour’ tetraquark is spotted by LHCb at CERN
Read next

Artificial spider web gets an ionic boost

Discover more from Physics World

Related jobs

Related events

Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors