Theories of pain: from specificity to gate control
Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Physiological Society in Journal of Neurophysiology
- Vol. 109 (1), 5-12
- https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00457.2012
Abstract
Several theoretical frameworks have been proposed to explain the physiological basis of pain, although none yet completely accounts for all aspects of pain perception. Here, we provide a historical overview of the major contributions, ideas, and competing theories of pain from ancient civilizations to Melzack and Wall's Gate Control Theory of Pain.Keywords
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