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13 years ago
Discuss pain modulation as it relates to the gate control theory.
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In the gate control theory, pain is lessened because there is an integrated response that partially inhibits the stimuli sent up the pain pathway. A\({\beta}\) fibers help block the pain transmission when they synapse on inhibitory interneurons and enhance the inhibitory activity. If the inhibitory neuron is stimulated by both the A\({\beta}\) and the C fibers, the integrated response of decreased pain is sent up the ascending pathway.
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