suprathreshold love

Definitions

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  • adjective That is sufficiently strong (greater than a threshold strength) to generate a response

Etymologies

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From supra- +‎ threshold

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Examples

  • "suprathreshold" stimulation is called the test stimulus (TS), and can be preceded by a certain interval with another pulse, which is either also suprathreshold or subthreshold, and delivered either to the same site or to another site.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • "suprathreshold" stimulation is called the test stimulus (TS), and can be preceded by a certain interval with another pulse, which is either also suprathreshold or subthreshold, and delivered either to the same site or to another site.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • "suprathreshold" stimulation is called the test stimulus (TS), and can be preceded by a certain interval with another pulse, which is either also suprathreshold or subthreshold, and delivered either to the same site or to another site.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • "suprathreshold" stimulation is called the test stimulus (TS), and can be preceded by a certain interval with another pulse, which is either also suprathreshold or subthreshold, and delivered either to the same site or to another site.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • Further, there is some evidence, particularly with unilateral ECT, that stimuli marginally above the seizure threshold are less therapeutic than those delivered at higher intensity but that grossly suprathreshold stimuli lead to more cognitive impairment without an equivalent increase in therapeutic effect.

    The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993

  • The neuronal responses to stimuli presented at suprathreshold contrasts are attenuated by inhibitory connections in the

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Satohiro Tajima et al. 2010

  • This can be contrasted with the reduction in MEP observed during a resting state task with either sub or suprathreshold CS.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • If a muscle is voluntarily contracted, then suprathreshold TMS to the contralateral hemisphere induces a "silent period" in the ongoing electromyographic activity.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • Representative traces of single action potential (B, left panel) and repetitive action potential firing (B, right panel) acquired from the cell in current clamp mode by 2 ms and 200 ms-long suprathreshold current injection (B, left and right lower panels, respectively).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Moran Valensi-Kurtz et al. 2010

  • The present findings suggest that temporal representation of echoic memory is non-linear and Weber-Fechner law holds for the automatic cortical response to sound changes within a suprathreshold range.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Koji Inui 2010

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