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 ...

The theory that he and a colleague devised deepened medicine’s understanding of pain and how it is best measured and treated. By Benedict Carey Soldiers with deep wounds sometimes feel no pain at all ...

With a zap of electricity from well-placed electrodes on the back of the neck, patients with tetraplegia can regain some modest yet potentially "life-changing" functioning of their hands and arms, ...