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Descartes (1664) |
Stimulus activates a fiber that sends a message to the brain |
Specificity theory |
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Von Frey (1897) |
Pain is subserved by free nerve endings in upper layers of skin |
Specificity |
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Nafe (1929) |
Not the specificity of the receptor that determines pain, but rather the spatial/temporal discharge |
Pattern Theory |
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Norbendos (1953) |
Firing of large diameter touch receptors next to nociceptors can inhibit pain |
Pattern |
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Melzack and Wall (1965) |
Gate in dorsal horn is opened or closed depending on which fibers are activated |
Gate control theory |
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Field et al. (2006) |
Factors such as fear and expectancy can regulate pain via the limbic forebrain |
Descending control |
