Medical Definition of Gate-control hypothesis

1. A theory to explain the mechanism of pain; small fibre afferent stimuli, particularly pain, entering the substantia gelatinosa can be modulated by large fibre afferent stimuli and descending spinal pathways so that their transmission to ascending spinal pathways is blocked (gated). Synonym: gate-control hypothesis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gate-control Hypothesis

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gas thermometer
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gas turbine
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gas vacuole
gas vesicle
gas well
gat
gatc
Gatch
Gatch bed
gate
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gate-control hypothesis (current term)
gate-control theory
gate-crash
gate-crashing
gateau
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gated blood pool imaging
gated ion channel

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