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  A graph showing the gate control model of pain

 
     
  The Gate Control Model - Reprinted by permission - Ronald Melzack and Patrick Wall, Pain mechanisms: a new theory. Science v. 150 (1965): 975. Copyright AAAS , http://www.sciencemag.org  
     
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