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GATE-CONTROL THEORY PAIN [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Nervous System
OBS

The gate-control theory suggests that the transmission of pain signals from the body to the spinal cord and brain is not a fixed, immutable process but a dynamic one capable of modulation and plasticity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Système nerveux
OBS

Au niveau des cornes postérieures de la mœlle, nous retrouvons le «portillon» proposé par Melzack et Wall en 1965. Le recrutement sélectif des afférences non nociceptives [...] produit une inhibition des afférences nociceptives par le recrutement d'interneurones inhibiteurs dans la substance gélatineuse de la mœlle. Selon cette théorie, une stimulation légère comme l'utilisation du massage, de la vibration ou du TENS [neurostimulation électrique transcutanée] aura pour effet de produire une analgésie restreinte à la région stimulée.

Spanish

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