If a patient exhibits chronic pain despite normal tissue repair, which mechanism of pain modulation is most likely impaired?

💡 Explanation

Defective spinal dorsal horn gate control impairs modulation because interneurons fail to inhibit nociceptive signals ascending to the brain, therefore chronic pain persists even with healed tissues, rather than the expected signal reduction from descending pathways or opioid activity.

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