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anshika

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on: Jun 20, 2018
Melzack and Wall (1965) proposed the _____ theory of pain that emphasized the role of higher brain processes in controlling the experience of pain.
 
  a. causalgia pain
  b. endogenous pain
  c. gate control
  d. regulatory

Question 2

The modulation of pain at the gates within the spinal cord is most probably controlled by:
 
  a. growth hormone from the pituitary
  b. acetylcholine
  c. adrenaline from the adrenal medulla
  d. endogenous opiates


ecox1012

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d


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