Vagus nerve
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Vagus nerve has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Huberman Lab. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Scott KanoskiProfessor of human and evolutionary biology and neurobiology at the University of Southern California who studies hunger, memory and diet
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
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
Podcasts
- Huberman Lab · 1 episode
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.