nerve
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"By revealing that this system is boosted by gut signaling from the vagus nerve, novel therapeutic targets could leverage this information to explore vagus nerve-based approaches, such as vagus nerve stimulation."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Published in Nature Communications, the research examined the vagus nerve, one of the body's main communication routes between the digestive system and the brain.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
There isn’t much to say about this goal, other than that the White House has some nerve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Addressing staff, he said it would be the "nerve centre for a rewired Britain" and not a "short-lived gimmick".
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
“I’ve been trying to get the nerve to ask you out since last year.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
That has frayed nerves more than once in the area.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Although whether Amankwaah's parents will be able to contain their nerves to watch her compete in Glasgow is another question.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Because dentine contains microscopic channels that lead toward the tooth's nerves, exposure can cause sharp sensitivity to heat, cold, sweetness, or touch.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
“My nerves are all over the place,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
I was in the middle of a nightmare, and my nerves were on fire.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
“He can get a little nerved up in the paddock,” said Shirreffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2021
Then followed a few scruffy years on local TV, including his celebrated stint as a smart-aleck weatherman, before he nerved himself to head to Los Angeles in 1975.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2017
Less a teen-age Rangerphile than an arachnophobe encountering a tarantula, I nerved myself to walk over to where Lindsay sat and confronted him, boy to man.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 19, 2015
After greeting old shutterbug pals, Tony nerved himself up to his first speech as a representative of the royal family.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fear lest he depart while she sat trembling upstairs nerved her and she was inside the room before she caught her breath.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
Last week, in the salty little city of Bath, Me., the moment lor which Mrs. Vanderbilt had been nerving herself finally arrived.
From Time Magazine Archive
Amateur championships nerving himself up to proper pitch.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the story starts, the singer is nerving herself to ask a doctor whether or not she has a cancer.
From Time Magazine Archive
She stood outside nerving herself for the ordeal, knowing her desk would be the only one without flowers.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
So, nerving ourselves for any contingency, we continued our march.
From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John
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