GATE CONTROL THEORY OF PAIN

Abstract

Gate control theory was described by Melzack and Patric Wall in the year 1965. This theory explains about a pain modulating system. Every part of the human body has its own nerve supply. Those nerves carry the electrical impulses generated in response to various sensations like touch or any painful stimuli which are transmitted to the brain and the spinal cord. The gate control theory of pain states that the spinal cord contains a neurological gate that allows or blocks certain stimuli to pass on to the brain.