The gate control theory of pain asserts that non-painful input closes the nerve "gates" to painful input, which prevents pain sensation from traveling...

Melzack and Patrick Wall introduced their gate control theory in the 1965 Science article "Pain Mechanisms: A New Theory". The authors proposed that the thin...

action potentials much faster than the smaller diameter fibres. The Gate Control Theory of Pain, first proposed in the 1960s by Melzack and Wall, states...

'neural gate' which decreases the patient's feeling of pain. Methods used by dentist to reduce pain during anaesthesia by using the gate control theory are:...

Patrick David Wall introduced their "gate control" theory of pain in the 1965 Science article "Pain Mechanisms: A New Theory". The authors proposed that both...

described as 'the world's leading expert on pain' and best known for the gate control theory of pain. Wall was born in Nottingham on 25 April 1925 to Thomas Wall...

research by introducing the gate control theory of pain. In 1968, Melzack published an extension of the gate control theory, in which he asserted that...

1966. Early studies of this neuron established what is known as the gate control theory of pain. The basic concept is that non-painful stimuli block the...

major hypothesis in the theory of pain perception is the gate control theory of pain, proposed by Wall and Melzack in 1965. The theory predicts that the activation...

neurostimulation began shortly after Melzack and Wall proposed the gate control theory in 1965. This theory proposed that nerves carrying painful peripheral stimuli...

heat may encourage blood flow and relieve pain according to the Gate control theory of pain, although causing additional pain may indicate the massage...

nervous system through mechanism such as the gate control theory and the diffuse noxious inhibitory control theory. Antibiotics may be administered to prevent...

a quantum logic gate (or simply quantum gate) is a basic quantum circuit operating on a small number of qubits. Quantum logic gates are the building...

activation of the endogenous opioids is for an analgesic effect using the gate control theory of pain. In addition, deep dry may also decrease pain, increase range...

cannabinoid therapy TENS unit Spinal cord stimulator (SCS) – utilizes the gate control theory to block painful signals by sending benign electrical signals along...

stimulated, which is not observable although it may be shared (see Gate control theory). It is not proven that oysters can feel pain, but it is known that...

as the anterior cingulate. This is sometimes referred to as the gate control theory of pain and is supported by the fact that electrical stimulation...

performance. Theories behind what massage might do include: enhanced skeletal muscle regrowth and remodeling, blocking nociception (gate control theory), activating...

after Patrick David Wall and Ronald Melzack, who introduced the gate control theory into pain research in the 1960s. First released in 1984, the book...

with pain transmission to the central nervous system: the so-called gate control theory of pain (proposed by Patrick David Wall and Ronald Melzack in 1965)...

started including a cognitive component to pain, leading to the gate control theory and the discovery of the placebo effect. Psychological factors that...

function and consciousness — Chapman, C.R. Gate control theory Chapman, C. Richard (1996). "Neuromatrix theory". Pain Forum. 5 (2): 139–142. doi:10...

failures like Heaven's Gate, studios reasserted control, muting the auteur theory. Pauline Kael, an early critic of auteur theory, debated Andrew Sarris...

birthing pools during labour, and the first article applying the Gate control theory of pain to obstetrics. In a book published in 1986 (“Primal Health”)...

Patrick David Wall and Ronald Melzack, who jointly introduced the gate control theory into the field of pain research. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook...

Perceptual control theory (PCT) is a model of behavior based on the properties of negative feedback control loops. A control loop maintains a sensed variable...

menstruation to eliminate cramps and pain. It employs the principle of gate control theory to organically block pain receptors by sending continuous electrical...

- Gate Control Theory of Pain is proposed by Melzack et al. 1966 - Researchers Shealy, Mortimer and Reswick discover how to apply the Gate Control Theory...

to modulation to enhance or diminish stimuli (see also: gate control theory and gain control-biological). Because there are essentially unlimited stimuli...

Noninvasive Treatment of Chronic Neuropathic and Cancer Pain: From the Gate Control Theory to the Active Principle of Information". Integrative Cancer Therapies...