Pain Gate Theory

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  • Who was the pain gate theory conceptualised by?
    Melzack and wall 1965
  • How does the pain gate theory work?
    Works by applying a non-noxious stimulus through mechanical pressure to override the noxious one.
    Both signals travel up the spinal cord to the dorsal horn in the grey matter of the spinal cord where the non-noxious stimuli provides an inhibitory response to the noxious stimuliu through an inter neurone, reducing the sensation of pain