Gate control theory suggests that the spinal cord contains a neurological 'gate' that either blocks pain signals or allows them to continue on to the brain. Unlike an actual gate, which opens and ...

Rocío de la Vega de Carranza receives funding from the Ministry of Science and Innovation (Spain). As the song from the musical Les Miserables, based on the novel by Victor Hugo, says, “But the tigers ...

Most people think about pain as a simple cause-and-effect process. For example, if you touch a hot stove, you probably assume that the nerves in the skin feel how hot the stove is and signals are sent ...