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The classic gate-control theory suggests that pain is experienced when small nerve fibers activate and open a neural gate in the a basilar membrane. b semicircular canals. c olfactory bulb. d spinal cord. e fovea.

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In 1965 Melzack and Wall proposed the gate-control theory to explain the phenomena related to pain. This theory suggests the presence of a mechanism at the level of the central nervous system that opens or closes the pain pathways.

The transmission of afferent (sensitive) nerve impulses is modulated by a gate system, located in the posterior antlers of the spinal cord.

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