From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Subject: Re: vangus nerve (vagus nerve)
Article-I.D.: pitt.19397
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science
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In article <52223@seismo.CSS.GOV> bwb@seismo.CSS.GOV (Brian W. Barker) writes:

>mostly right. Is there a connection between vomiting
>and fainting that has something to do with the vagus nerve?
>
Stimulation of the vagus nerve slows the heart and drops the blood
pressure.




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