The Vagus Nerve and Ankyloglossia
The “vagus nerve contains 75% of the parasympathetic nervous system’s fibers.” (1) “Vagal tone is correlated with the capacity to regulate stress” (2) It is the nerve of “rest and digest”“Compression or traction of the fascial sleeve of the vagus nerve, can result in an alteration in vagal “tone“or autonomic dysfunction.” (3) The vagus nerve…