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Gate-control theory

Introduction: Gate-control theory

Description of Gate-control theory

Gate-control theory: a theory to explain the mechanism of pain; small-fiber afferent stimuli, particularly pain, entering the substantia gelatinosa can be modulated by large-fiber afferent stimuli and descending spinal pathways so that their transmission to ascending spinal pathways is blocked (gated). SYN: gate-control hypothesis.
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