title: Sensory and pharmacological modulation of pain.
abstract: Traditional neurosurgical methods to control pain have been replaced by a variety of modulation techniques. The major types of modulation are pharmacological, physical, and psychological. Important advances are occurring in the development of all three modulation approaches.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montréal, Qué., Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Melzack
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D059408:Pain Management; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D004561:Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation