So after three times, after four times, you also activate your vagus tone.

三次，四次之后，你的迷走神经也开始活跃了。

Once activated, they send a signal to your vagus nerve in your brain.

一旦激活，它们就向你大脑中的迷走神经发送信号。

Dr Fredrickson and Dr Kok concentrated their attentions on the vagus nerve.

弗雷德里克松博士和可可博士把注意力集中迷走神经上。

So the chemical serotonin influences communication of the vagus nerve.

简而言之，影响着迷走神经的信号传递。

And crucially, serotonin influences the signals that are sent from the gut to the brain through the vagus nerve.

关，影响通过迷走神经从肠道发送到大脑的信号。

But when researchers severed the vagus nerve, all of these improvements disappeared.

但当研究人员切断迷走神经时，所有这些改进之处都消失了。

Here you have two arms pressing against your visceral side, which provides a lot of comfort via the vagus nerve.

你的两只手臂压你的内脏侧，这通过迷走神经提供了很多安慰。

How effectively the vagus nerve is working can be tracked by monitoring someone's heart rate as he breathes in and out.

他们通过监测一个人吸气、呼气时的心率，追踪记录迷走神经如何有效地工作。

And that longer exhale really is stimulating for your vagus nerve.

而那次较长的呼气确实能刺激你的迷走神经。

That vagus nerve is like a highway.

那条迷走神经就像一条高速公路。

The common idea out there is that the vagus is associated with calming.

常见的看法是迷走神经与放松有关。

That our vagus nerve also activates when we see another being in distress.

当我们目睹他人处困境时，我们的迷走神经也被激活。

Researchers looking at legitimate vagus nerve stimulation.

研究人员正探讨合法的迷走神经刺激法。

It's hard to trace the vagus nerve's thin, twisting branches through the body.

追踪迷走神经那细小曲折的分支贯穿全身是很难的。

The vagus has lots of connection with brain functions.

迷走神经与多种脑功能有联系。

It's actually activating that slow exhale is activating part of your body called the vagus nerve.

实际上，缓慢的呼气动作激活你体内的一部分，称为迷走神经。

And the vagus nerve is part of your parasympathetic nervous system, which helps your body relax.

迷走神经是你的副交感神经系统的组成部分，有助你的身体放松。

As its name suggests, it entails electrically stimulating the vagus nerve via an electrode implanted in the chest.

正如其名称所示，该方法通过胸部植入电极来电刺激迷走神经。

A full belly, needing to cough, and a racing heart are just some of the things the vagus communicates.

饱腹感、需要咳嗽、和心跳加速只是迷走神经传达的一些信息。

It's an actual phenomenon that links the, the heart and the vagus nerve and our diaphragm and our lungs.

这是一种实际存的现象，它将心脏、迷走神经、我们的膈肌与肺部联系一起。