Comments after 30 years of the gate control theory

Pain Forum

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-22

  Wall, P D ^a   Morgan, M M ^a   Sorkin, L S ^a   Lima, D ^a   Coghill, R C ^a   Reichling, D B ^a   Gold, M S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gate control theory; primary afferent depolarization; spinal cord pain mechanisms; substantia gelatinosa

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; THEORY;

EID: 0029878328     PISSN: 10589139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1082-3174(96)80063-8     Document Type: Review

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