Cognitive Resilience: The Interdependent Roles of Nitric Oxide and Vagus Nerve for Lifelong Neuroplasticity

Speakers in this session...

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  Navaz Habib

  

  Sponsors

  • Berkeley Life

    Berkeley Life started with a test strip, and a keen understanding of the amazing benefits of adequate Nitric Oxide in the body. Since 2016, we have added products and improved our offering to ensure that providers and patients have the industry’s best and most complete system for supporting adequate Nitric Oxide levels and setting up a foundation for total health. Our vision is to leave behind a world where Nitric Oxide is seen to be as fundamental to everyday well-being as proper hydration and exercise. Our work is only beginning, but the impact has been profound.

  Navaz Habib DC

  • Health Upgraded

  • Email: drhabib@healthupgraded.com

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  Dr. Navaz Habib is the bestselling author of ‘Activate Your Vagus Nerve’, and the newly released ‘Upgrade Your Vagus Nerve’ He is also the host of ‘The Health Upgrade Podcast’.

   

  After graduating as class valedictorian from Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 2010, he went on to practice traditional chiropractic for years until he utilized the power of functional medicine to transform his health.

   

  Dr. Habib is the founder of Health Upgraded, an online functional health consulting clinic, that supports optimal health by elevating the awareness and function of the Vagus nerve.

  Sessions...

  Disconnected & Dysregulated: Chiropractic and Biohacking Insights on Stress & The Modern Nervous System

  Regional Event: national

  Start Date: 08/21/2025 3:20 pm

  End Date: 08/21/2025 5:00 pm

  Location: Windermere YZ

  Session details

  Your patients today face escalating societal health risks tied to the decline of meaningful human connection, driven by rising isolation and digital addiction. These factors disrupt neurotransmitter regulation, weaken immune response, impair emotional regulation, and reduce cognitive focus – all of which present hidden risks to patient health and outcomes.

  This session provides chiropractors with a risk-focused framework for identifying and responding to these patterns within their scope of practice. By exploring the critical intersection of stress, vagus nerve function, and the biopsychosocial model — including daily, physical, biochemical, and psychological stressors — practitioners will gain a deeper understanding of how chronic stress compromises vagal tone and autonomic regulation.

  Failure to recognize and address these stress-related dysfunctions can increase risk to both practitioner and patient, potentially leading to poorer clinical outcomes and missed opportunities for intervention.

  By integrating holistic, evidence-informed strategies, chiropractors can strengthen patient regulation, resilience, and recovery — ultimately reducing clinical risk and enhancing long-term health outcomes in an increasingly disconnected world.

  Learning Objectives

  1. Understand the four primary types of stress impact vagus nerve function and patient health.
  2. Apply the biopsychosocial model to chiropractic assessment and intervention for stress-related dysfunction.
  3. Alleviating risk for the practitioner and patient by identifying evidence-based chiropractic and holistic strategies for addressing each type of stress.
  4. Explore the integration of Polyvagal Theory chiropractic practice to support emotional and physiological regulation.

   

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  Cognitive Resilience: The Interdependent Roles of Nitric Oxide and Vagus Nerve for Lifelong Neuroplasticity

  Regional Event: national

  Start Date: 08/22/2025 1:00 pm

  End Date: 08/22/2025 2:40 pm

  Location: Windermere YZ

  Session details

  This presentation will explore the interplay between nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability, vagus nerve signaling in neuroplasticity as a pillar of cognitive resilience. Dr. Habib will discuss the latest research on dietary and supplemental nitrate sources that enhance NO production, improving cerebral blood flow, reducing neuroinflammation, and supporting memory consolidation. Attendees will learn how vagus nerve afferents relay gut-derived NO and microbial metabolites to the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), triggering acetylcholine release in the cerebrum.

  Activation of this vagal pathway promotes microglial M2 polarization-a state critical for synaptic pruning, neurotrophic factor release, and lifelong neuroplasticity. Clinical insights include vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) protocols that slow hypertension progression and mitigate age-related cognitive decline by preserving autonomic balance and suppressing pro-inflammatory cytokines. Practical applications highlight nitrate-rich diets and VNS as tools to optimize the “microbiota-mouth-brain axis” for cognitive health.

  This session bridges molecular mechanisms with translational strategies, equipping attendees to leverage NO-Vagus pathways for cognitive resilience across the lifespan.

  Learning Objectives 

  1. Analyze the role of dietary nitrates in enhancing NO bioavailability and their impact on cerebral blood flow, inflammation, and memory.
  2. Explain how vagus nerve afferent signaling integrates gut-derived NO with NTS activation to modulate acetylcholine release and microglial M2 states.
  3. Evaluate evidence linking vagus nerve signaling to improved autonomic tone, neuroinflammation reduction, and survival in hypertensive models.
  4. Design interventions combining nitrate supplementation, microbiota modulation, and non-invasive VNS to sustain neuroplasticity in aging populations.

   

  Sponsor – Berkley Life

   

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