What Scott Kanoski has said about Vagus nerve
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 12, 2026
Scott Kanoski, Professor of human and evolutionary biology and neurobiology at the University of Southern California who studies hunger, memory and diet, has been quoted on Vagus nerve 2 times in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on October 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Kanoski explains that native GLP-1 fails to reduce food intake in animals with sensory vagus nerve lesions.
“If you do a selective lesion to the sensory vagus nerve as it comes up from the GI tract to the brain, and then inject GLP-1, it's not effective in reducing food intake”
Huberman Lab: How Food Choices Shape Memory, Cognition & Cravings | Dr. Scott Kanoski (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 17:47
Kanoski says his lab has shown vagal nerve stimulation devices can rescue diet-induced memory impairments in rodents.
“Right now, we have shown that these devices can rescue the memory impairments from an unhealthy diet”
Huberman Lab: How Food Choices Shape Memory, Cognition & Cravings | Dr. Scott Kanoski (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 52:15
Episodes
How Food Choices Shape Memory, Cognition & Cravings | Dr. Scott KanoskiHuberman Lab · Oct 12, 2026 · 2 h 2 min
Andrew Huberman and neuroscientist Scott Kanoski discuss GLP-1 drugs, artificial sweeteners, diet's effects on hippocampal memory, the vagus nerve, the gut microbiome and food reward.
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