what nerve causes how full we are

Question: what nerve causes how full we are
- Keywords:
  appetite,
  hunger,
  mechanism,
  nerves
Asked by anon-192081 to Simon on 5 Nov 2018.
- Simon Cork answered on 5 Nov 2018:
  
  Very good question. One nerve that’s quite important in this is called the vagus nerve. This is a very long nerve that travels from your brain all the way to your stomach and intestines. When we eat, the vagus nerve detects food in our stomach and tells the brain we’re full.

Question: what nerve causes how full we are