Gate control theory suggests that the spinal cord contains a neurological 'gate' that either blocks pain signals or allows them to continue on to the brain. Unlike an actual gate, which opens and ...

J Midwifery Womens Health. 2008;53(2):115-122. The mechanisms of action for sterile water injections are not fully clear, but the Gate Control Theory is one logical explanation. This theory was ...

The theory that he and a colleague devised deepened medicine’s understanding of pain and how it is best measured and treated. By Benedict Carey Soldiers with deep wounds sometimes feel no pain at all ...