Personal Digest: Human vagus mapped in 3D — 200,000 fibers
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Aug 15, 2026
Personal Digest: Human vagus mapped in 3D — 200,000 fibers
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200,000 fibers — A NIH-funded team released the first comprehensive 3D map tracing roughly 200,000 vagus nerve fibers, revealing intricate branching patterns that were previously a black box.
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