The gate control theory: Reaching for the brain

Pain: Psychological Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 13-34

  Melzack, Ronald ^a   Katz, Joel ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410609861     Document Type: Chapter

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