According to the Gate Theory of Pain

question 115

Multiple Choice

According to the gate theory of pain,

• A) each successive experience of pain is more intense than the last one.
• B) messages from the brain to the spinal cord can decrease the sensation of pain.
• C) the experience of pain depends on stimulation of hair cells.
• D) a given neuron can send a signal of pain at one time, touch at another, and olfaction at still another.

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