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The gate control theory of pain proposes that pain perception is modulated by the interaction of pain-transmitting and non-pain transmitting neurons rather than being a direct response to nociceptor activation. Activation of non-pain fibers can interfere with pain fiber signals and inhibit pain perception. The theory explains how stimulating non-pain fibers through rubbing or TENS can close the "gate" and lessen pain by inhibiting firing of pain fibers in the spinal cord. The brain can also control pain per

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